-RBA
*New Hampshire
*August 4, 2006
*NHNH0408.06
This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Friday, August 4th, 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 juvenile RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, very rarely seen in the state, visited a feeder in
Loudon on July 31st and a possible male was reported at the same feeder on the 29th.
A LITTLE GULL was seen in Hampton Harbor on July 29th, sitting on the flats opposite
the Yankee Fisherman's Coop in Seabrook. It was a first-year bird molting into its
second year. Good numbers of shorebirds continue to been seen in the harbor with
recent highlights from August 2nd including 2 HUDSONIAN GODWITS in the northern part
of the harbor, 15 WILLETS, and 9 WHIMBREL. Other shorebird species reported at the
harbor include RUDDY TURNSTONE, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, BLACK-BELLIED and
SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, and SEMIPALMATED and LEAST SANDPIPERS.
A FORSTER'S TERN was reported on the 29th, circling the marshes and pools behind
Little Jack's restaurant on Route 1A in Hampton. A VIRGINIA RAIL was also present.
A first-year BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen at the north end of Foss Beach in Rye on the
29th. This may be the same bird that has been periodically reported in the area
since early July. An adult LAUGHING GULL was present at Jenness Beach in Rye on the
2nd.
A whale watch out of Rye to Jeffrey's Ledge on the 30th turned up 2 MANX
SHEARWATERS, 70 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 5 NORTHERN GANNETS, and a single LAUGHING
GULL. This is a total of birds in both New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
Other interesting Seacoast sightings included: a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER at Landing
Road in Hampton on the 30th, 6 GLOSSY IBIS and a PEREGRINE FALCON at the Hampton
marshes on the 1st, 28 GREAT EGRETS and 5 SNOWYS in the Hampton and Seabrook marshes
on the 29th, and a RED-NECKED GREBE at Pulpit Rocks in Rye on the 2nd. Shorebird
migration continues and large numbers of SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS have been reported
at the coast as well as a variety of other species.
Inland locations had several sightings of interest. Two FISH CROWS were on the
University of New Hampshire campus in Durham on the 2nd. On the 29th, 14 PIED-BILLED
GREBES, including 6 juveniles, were seen at the Brentwood Mitigation Area. At the
Rochester Wastewater Treatment Plant, 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL and 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS
were present on the 31st. The treatment plant is on Pickering Road in the Gonic
section of Rochester. It is only open on weekdays before 3:00 pm and visitors must
check in at the plant before doing any birding.
In the North Country, 15 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, 12 BOREAL CHICKADEES, and 4
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS were seen from the Success Trail on Mount Success, in the
town of Success, east of Berlin on the 31st.
For birders August marks the beginning of the fall migration season, so be on the
lookout for unusual species in your area, and be sure to report them.
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
*August 4, 2006
*NHNH0408.06
This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Friday, August 4th, 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 juvenile RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, very rarely seen in the state, visited a feeder in
Loudon on July 31st and a possible male was reported at the same feeder on the 29th.
A LITTLE GULL was seen in Hampton Harbor on July 29th, sitting on the flats opposite
the Yankee Fisherman's Coop in Seabrook. It was a first-year bird molting into its
second year. Good numbers of shorebirds continue to been seen in the harbor with
recent highlights from August 2nd including 2 HUDSONIAN GODWITS in the northern part
of the harbor, 15 WILLETS, and 9 WHIMBREL. Other shorebird species reported at the
harbor include RUDDY TURNSTONE, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, BLACK-BELLIED and
SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, and SEMIPALMATED and LEAST SANDPIPERS.
A FORSTER'S TERN was reported on the 29th, circling the marshes and pools behind
Little Jack's restaurant on Route 1A in Hampton. A VIRGINIA RAIL was also present.
A first-year BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen at the north end of Foss Beach in Rye on the
29th. This may be the same bird that has been periodically reported in the area
since early July. An adult LAUGHING GULL was present at Jenness Beach in Rye on the
2nd.
A whale watch out of Rye to Jeffrey's Ledge on the 30th turned up 2 MANX
SHEARWATERS, 70 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 5 NORTHERN GANNETS, and a single LAUGHING
GULL. This is a total of birds in both New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
Other interesting Seacoast sightings included: a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER at Landing
Road in Hampton on the 30th, 6 GLOSSY IBIS and a PEREGRINE FALCON at the Hampton
marshes on the 1st, 28 GREAT EGRETS and 5 SNOWYS in the Hampton and Seabrook marshes
on the 29th, and a RED-NECKED GREBE at Pulpit Rocks in Rye on the 2nd. Shorebird
migration continues and large numbers of SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS have been reported
at the coast as well as a variety of other species.
Inland locations had several sightings of interest. Two FISH CROWS were on the
University of New Hampshire campus in Durham on the 2nd. On the 29th, 14 PIED-BILLED
GREBES, including 6 juveniles, were seen at the Brentwood Mitigation Area. At the
Rochester Wastewater Treatment Plant, 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL and 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS
were present on the 31st. The treatment plant is on Pickering Road in the Gonic
section of Rochester. It is only open on weekdays before 3:00 pm and visitors must
check in at the plant before doing any birding.
In the North Country, 15 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, 12 BOREAL CHICKADEES, and 4
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS were seen from the Success Trail on Mount Success, in the
town of Success, east of Berlin on the 31st.
For birders August marks the beginning of the fall migration season, so be on the
lookout for unusual species in your area, and be sure to report them.
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