-RBA
*New Hampshire
*July 21, 2006
*NHNH2107.06
This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Friday, July 21st, 2006.
A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen in New Boston on July 17th.
2 MANX SHEARWATERS were seen flying around the Isles of Shoals on July 13th.
21 WILSON'S STORM PETRELS were reported from Great Boar's Head in Hampton, and 22
GREAT EGRETS were seen in Hampton Harbor, all on July 14th.
Several SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS were seen behind Little Jack's Restaurant on
Route 1A in Hampton on July 20th.
2 FISH CROWS were reported from Penacook on July 16th,
9 BICKNELL'S THRUSHES, and 2 BOREAL CHICKADEES were seen on Mount Madison on July 14th.
2 immature BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen at Meadow Pond in Hampton on July 20th.
9 PIED-BILLED GREBES and 22 GREAT BLUE HERONS were seen at the Brentwood Mitigation
Area in Brentwood on July 16th.
4 VIRGINA RAILS were reported from a marsh near Warren Farm in Nottingham on July 16th.
A shorebird census was conducted on the coast on July 20th with the following results:
At Landing Road in Hampton were 9 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 25 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 8
SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, and 220 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS; at Hampton Marsh behind
Little Jacks were seen 5 WILLETS, and 6 LEAST SANDPIPERS; at Seabrook flats were
seen a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 30 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 10 WILLETS, 4 WHIMBRELS, 100
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, and 5 GREATER YELLOWLEGS; and at Henry's Pool in Hampton
were seen 3 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 30 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 8 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 2
KILLDEER, 9 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and 9 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS.
Several PIPING PLOVER families continue to be present on Hampton and Seabrook
Beaches. Contact Kristen Murphy at 419-9728 if you would like to assist in
monitoring the PIPING PLOVERS - it's tough trying to raise a family on the beach in
the summer!
A BLACK-TAILED GODWIT was discovered at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge on
Plum Island in Newburyport, Massachusetts earlier this week and continues to be seen
most frequently close to the main refuge road, and just south of the salt pannes.
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
Thanks very much and good birding.
*New Hampshire
*July 21, 2006
*NHNH2107.06
This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Friday, July 21st, 2006.
A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen in New Boston on July 17th.
2 MANX SHEARWATERS were seen flying around the Isles of Shoals on July 13th.
21 WILSON'S STORM PETRELS were reported from Great Boar's Head in Hampton, and 22
GREAT EGRETS were seen in Hampton Harbor, all on July 14th.
Several SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS were seen behind Little Jack's Restaurant on
Route 1A in Hampton on July 20th.
2 FISH CROWS were reported from Penacook on July 16th,
9 BICKNELL'S THRUSHES, and 2 BOREAL CHICKADEES were seen on Mount Madison on July 14th.
2 immature BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen at Meadow Pond in Hampton on July 20th.
9 PIED-BILLED GREBES and 22 GREAT BLUE HERONS were seen at the Brentwood Mitigation
Area in Brentwood on July 16th.
4 VIRGINA RAILS were reported from a marsh near Warren Farm in Nottingham on July 16th.
A shorebird census was conducted on the coast on July 20th with the following results:
At Landing Road in Hampton were 9 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 25 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 8
SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, and 220 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS; at Hampton Marsh behind
Little Jacks were seen 5 WILLETS, and 6 LEAST SANDPIPERS; at Seabrook flats were
seen a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 30 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 10 WILLETS, 4 WHIMBRELS, 100
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, and 5 GREATER YELLOWLEGS; and at Henry's Pool in Hampton
were seen 3 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 30 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 8 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 2
KILLDEER, 9 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and 9 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS.
Several PIPING PLOVER families continue to be present on Hampton and Seabrook
Beaches. Contact Kristen Murphy at 419-9728 if you would like to assist in
monitoring the PIPING PLOVERS - it's tough trying to raise a family on the beach in
the summer!
A BLACK-TAILED GODWIT was discovered at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge on
Plum Island in Newburyport, Massachusetts earlier this week and continues to be seen
most frequently close to the main refuge road, and just south of the salt pannes.
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
Thanks very much and good birding.