-RBA
*New Hampshire
*July 28, 2006
*NHNH2807.06
This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Friday, July 28th, 2006. If you
would like to leave a message about a bird sighting without listening to the
recording first, press the pound key now.
There were no rarities reported in the past week but SHOREBIRDS are moving through
and sightings from the coast show a variety of the expected species. SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPERS have been the most numerous with a total of 404 tallied at the coast on
the 24th.
One of the best places to look for shorebirds in New Hampshire is Hampton Harbor and
its associated mud flats in both Hampton and Seabrook. Reports from there on the
24th include 85 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 1 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 5 SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHERS, 1 SNOWY EGRET, 1 GREAT EGRET, and 2 MUTE SWANS.
Landing Road in Hampton has been active recently with 187 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS on
the 22nd in addition to one adult LEAST SANDPIPER, 27 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, and 7
YELLOWLEGS. Birders frequently report shorebirds from "Henry's Pool" in Hampton and
this is the pool by the pumping station on Route 101E (aka Winnicunet Road). There
were 110 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS and 41 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS here on the 24th. Other
good places to look for shorebirds include the Route 1 pans just south of Rt. 101 in
Hampton, and the Route 1A pools just south of Odiorne Point State Park in Rye.
Non-shorebird highlights from the coast on the 22nd include a BLACK GUILLEMOT in
breeding plumage from the Rye Ledge pullout on Route 1A, 17 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS
in one flock behind a lobster boat at Little Boar's Head in North Hampton, 1
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER and 3 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS at N. Hampton State Beach, 5
NORTHERN GANNETS flying north, and 4 LAUGHING GULLS.
The BLACK-TAILED GODWIT continues to be seen at Parker River National Wildlife
Refuge on Plum Island in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
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
*New Hampshire
*July 28, 2006
*NHNH2807.06
This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Friday, July 28th, 2006. If you
would like to leave a message about a bird sighting without listening to the
recording first, press the pound key now.
There were no rarities reported in the past week but SHOREBIRDS are moving through
and sightings from the coast show a variety of the expected species. SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPERS have been the most numerous with a total of 404 tallied at the coast on
the 24th.
One of the best places to look for shorebirds in New Hampshire is Hampton Harbor and
its associated mud flats in both Hampton and Seabrook. Reports from there on the
24th include 85 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 1 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 5 SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHERS, 1 SNOWY EGRET, 1 GREAT EGRET, and 2 MUTE SWANS.
Landing Road in Hampton has been active recently with 187 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS on
the 22nd in addition to one adult LEAST SANDPIPER, 27 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, and 7
YELLOWLEGS. Birders frequently report shorebirds from "Henry's Pool" in Hampton and
this is the pool by the pumping station on Route 101E (aka Winnicunet Road). There
were 110 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS and 41 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS here on the 24th. Other
good places to look for shorebirds include the Route 1 pans just south of Rt. 101 in
Hampton, and the Route 1A pools just south of Odiorne Point State Park in Rye.
Non-shorebird highlights from the coast on the 22nd include a BLACK GUILLEMOT in
breeding plumage from the Rye Ledge pullout on Route 1A, 17 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS
in one flock behind a lobster boat at Little Boar's Head in North Hampton, 1
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER and 3 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS at N. Hampton State Beach, 5
NORTHERN GANNETS flying north, and 4 LAUGHING GULLS.
The BLACK-TAILED GODWIT continues to be seen at Parker River National Wildlife
Refuge on Plum Island in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
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