-RBA
*New Hampshire
*June 8, 2006
*NHNH0806.06
This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, June 8th, 2006. If you
would like to leave a message about a bird sighting without listening to the
recording first, press the pound key now.
A possible YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROSS was reported on the New Hampshire coast on June 6.
Observers at several different locations reported seeing an unusually large bird
traveling north along the coast around 1-2:00pm. Their descriptions were consistent
with an albatross and a Yellow-nosed was seen the same day on the Massachusetts
coast heading north from Andrews Point in Rockport. No further sightings from New
Hampshire have been reported.
An adult male KING EIDER was reported from Seal Rocks in Rye on June 8. It was with
a group of Common Eiders to the south from the pulloff.
A first year LITTLE GULL was seen on the 7th with a group of Bonaparte's Gulls and
Common Terns in the "Townline Cove" on the North Hampton/Rye town line. There were 4
first year LITTLE GULLS seen at the coast on the 3rd, one on the flats in Hampton
Harbor, and 3 seen together first at Great Boar's Head and then at Plaice Cove in
Hampton. One BLACK TERN was also seen at each of these two locations on the 3rd.
Plaice Cove is also referred to as Bicentennial Park and is at the intersection of
Route 27 and 1A.
A first year BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen with a large flock of Bonaparte's Gulls just
north of Rye Ledge in Rye on the 5th. Five ROSEATE TERNS were also seen in the same
location.
Other sightings from the coast include, a SOOTY SHEARWATER and ARCTIC TERN off
Seabrook Beach on the 3rd, a BLACK GUILLEMOT at Great Boar's Head in Hampton on the
3rd, 3 ROSEATE TERNS at Rye Harbor State Park and 2 at N. Hampton State Beach on the
5th, and a first year ARCTIC TERN on the 8th at the "Townline Cove" at the North
Hampton/Rye town line in the same location where a Little Gull had been seen on the
7th. A few RED-THROATED LOONS, RED-NECKED GREBES, and SCOTERS and are still being
reported at the coast as well as a scattering of shorebird species primarily from
Hampton Harbor.
An ARCTIC TERN was seen at Cherry Pond on the Pondicherry Wildlife Refuge in
Jefferson on June 6.
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was photographed at a feeder on Cleveland Hill Road in
Tamworth on June 4, but was evidently present for only one day. Another RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER was also reported in Hudson.
Other interesting sightings include 5 PIED-BILLED GREBES at Brentwood mitigation
area on the 6th, a young EASTERN SCREECH-OWL found near Greeley Park in Nashua on
the 7th, and several reports of late spring migrants arriving such as MOURNING
WARBLER, YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, and BLACKPOLL WARBLER.
The New Hampshire Rare Bird Alert will not be updated again until the end of June.
For current sightings we suggest that you check the NH.Birds list serve which is
archived at several birding web sites such as the Virtual Birder and
Birdingonthe.net. For information on how to subscribe to the list serve, check the
birding information page on the New Hampshire Audubon web site (below).
This message is also available by phone recording: call 224-9900 and press 2 as
directed or ask to be transferred. If you have seen any interesting birds recently,
you can leave a message at the end of the tape or send your sightings to the RBA via
e-mail at: birdsetc@nhaudubon.org. Please put either "bird sighting" or "Rare Bird
Alert" in the subject line and be sure to include your mailing address and phone
number. The RBA is also available on-line at the New Hampshire Audubon web site,
www.nhaudubon.org
For Birdeast archives, and to join, leave, or change address, see:
http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdeast.html
*New Hampshire
*June 8, 2006
*NHNH0806.06
This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, June 8th, 2006. If you
would like to leave a message about a bird sighting without listening to the
recording first, press the pound key now.
A possible YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROSS was reported on the New Hampshire coast on June 6.
Observers at several different locations reported seeing an unusually large bird
traveling north along the coast around 1-2:00pm. Their descriptions were consistent
with an albatross and a Yellow-nosed was seen the same day on the Massachusetts
coast heading north from Andrews Point in Rockport. No further sightings from New
Hampshire have been reported.
An adult male KING EIDER was reported from Seal Rocks in Rye on June 8. It was with
a group of Common Eiders to the south from the pulloff.
A first year LITTLE GULL was seen on the 7th with a group of Bonaparte's Gulls and
Common Terns in the "Townline Cove" on the North Hampton/Rye town line. There were 4
first year LITTLE GULLS seen at the coast on the 3rd, one on the flats in Hampton
Harbor, and 3 seen together first at Great Boar's Head and then at Plaice Cove in
Hampton. One BLACK TERN was also seen at each of these two locations on the 3rd.
Plaice Cove is also referred to as Bicentennial Park and is at the intersection of
Route 27 and 1A.
A first year BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen with a large flock of Bonaparte's Gulls just
north of Rye Ledge in Rye on the 5th. Five ROSEATE TERNS were also seen in the same
location.
Other sightings from the coast include, a SOOTY SHEARWATER and ARCTIC TERN off
Seabrook Beach on the 3rd, a BLACK GUILLEMOT at Great Boar's Head in Hampton on the
3rd, 3 ROSEATE TERNS at Rye Harbor State Park and 2 at N. Hampton State Beach on the
5th, and a first year ARCTIC TERN on the 8th at the "Townline Cove" at the North
Hampton/Rye town line in the same location where a Little Gull had been seen on the
7th. A few RED-THROATED LOONS, RED-NECKED GREBES, and SCOTERS and are still being
reported at the coast as well as a scattering of shorebird species primarily from
Hampton Harbor.
An ARCTIC TERN was seen at Cherry Pond on the Pondicherry Wildlife Refuge in
Jefferson on June 6.
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was photographed at a feeder on Cleveland Hill Road in
Tamworth on June 4, but was evidently present for only one day. Another RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER was also reported in Hudson.
Other interesting sightings include 5 PIED-BILLED GREBES at Brentwood mitigation
area on the 6th, a young EASTERN SCREECH-OWL found near Greeley Park in Nashua on
the 7th, and several reports of late spring migrants arriving such as MOURNING
WARBLER, YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, and BLACKPOLL WARBLER.
The New Hampshire Rare Bird Alert will not be updated again until the end of June.
For current sightings we suggest that you check the NH.Birds list serve which is
archived at several birding web sites such as the Virtual Birder and
Birdingonthe.net. For information on how to subscribe to the list serve, check the
birding information page on the New Hampshire Audubon web site (below).
This message is also available by phone recording: call 224-9900 and press 2 as
directed or ask to be transferred. If you have seen any interesting birds recently,
you can leave a message at the end of the tape or send your sightings to the RBA via
e-mail at: birdsetc@nhaudubon.org. Please put either "bird sighting" or "Rare Bird
Alert" in the subject line and be sure to include your mailing address and phone
number. The RBA is also available on-line at the New Hampshire Audubon web site,
www.nhaudubon.org
For Birdeast archives, and to join, leave, or change address, see:
http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdeast.html