This is New Hampshire Audubon’s Rare Bird Alert for Monday, September 2, 2024.

An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was photographed flying south over coastal Hampton on August 29th.

2 CASPIAN TERNS were seen at the Isles of Shoals on August 30th.

7 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES were seen on Squam Lake on August 29th.

A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was seen at the Deerfield Fair Grounds on August 28th, and 1 was seen at Pease International Tradeport on August 31st. Neither has been relocated.

A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was seen in Hampton Harbor on August 29th.

A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on August 30th.

A WESTERN SANDPIPER was seen at Plaice Cove in Hampton on September 1st.

10 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS and 2 GREAT CORMORANTS were seen at the Isles of Shoals on August 30th.

A WESTERN WILLET was seen in Little River Salt Marsh in North Hampton on August 27th, and 2 DUNLINS were seen in coastal Hampton on September 1st.

A juvenile YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen in Seabrook, 1 was seen in Hampton, and 1 was seen in Portsmouth, all during the past week

2 LITTLE BLUE HERONS were seen in Parson’s Creek Salt Marsh located opposite Wallis Sands in Rye, 1 was seen at Hampton Salt Marsh, 1 was seen at Little River Salt Marsh in North Hampton, and 1 was seen in pools south of Odiorne Point State Park in Rye, all on several days during the past week.

3 SNOWY EGRETS were seen at Adam’s Point in Durham on September 1st.

2 BLACK VULTURES were seen in Westmoreland on September 1st.

2 LARK SPARROWS and a DICKCISSEL were seen at Star Island, one of the Isles of Shoals, on August 31st. Another DICKCISSEL was seen at Woodmont Orchard in Hollis on August 31st.

A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at Pease International Tradeport from Short Street in Newington on September 1st.

A LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen at Surry Mountain Lake on August 27th.

2 PHILADELPHIA VIREOS were seen at Mount Cardigan in Orange on August 31st, 1 was seen on Hillsborough on the 29th, and 1 was seen in Freedom on the 30th.

An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen in Keene on August 27th, and a CAPE MAY WARBLER was seen at Long Pond in Lempster on August 30th.

3 BANK SWALLOWS were seen in Hancock on September 1st.

COMMON NIGHTHAWK migration has continued and high-counts for the past week were 3,203 at Franklin Falls, and 2,356 at Concord, all on August 27th.

A RING-NECKED DUCK was seen at Pickering Ponds in Rochester on August 29th, and 1 was seen at Lake Massabesic on September 1st. 3 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS were seen at Mascoma Lake in Enfield on September 1st, and 11 RED-NECKED GREBES were reported from Cherry Pond in Jefferson on September 1st.

There was an unconfirmed report of a BOREAL CHICKADEE from Manchester on September 1st.

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Thanks very much and good birding.