This is New Hampshire Audubon’s Rare Bird Alert for Monday, August 4, 2025.
A SWALLOW-TAILED KITE was seen from 20 Newport Road in Marlow on August 1st and 2nd.
A BRIDLED TERN was discovered at the Isles of Shoals on June 13th and continues to be seen by seasonal biologists working there. It was last reported on August 1st. There is no public access to White Island and Seavey Island, where it has been seen, but you may be able to see the bird from a boat.
2 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS were seen at Star Island, one of the Isles of Shoals, on August 3rd.
A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was seen at Surry Mountain Lake on August 2nd.
2 LEAST BITTERNS were seen at the Cranberry Pond wetlands located behind the Price Chopper store in West Lebanon on July 30th.
A juvenile and an adult BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON were seen at Fields Grove City Park in Nashua on July 30th, and a juvenile BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen at the Merrimack River Conservation Area in Concord on July 31st. Uncommon away from the coast.
A LITTLE BLUE HERON was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on August 2nd, 2 were seen at Parson’s Creek Salt Marsh in Rye on August 2nd, and 1 was seen at the Seabrook Town Forest & Wellfield on August 3rd.
2 RED CROSSBILLS were reported from Duck Pond, in Long Pond Town Forest in Lempster on July 30th.
3 ORCHARD ORIOLES were seen at Odiorne Point State Park, and 2 were seen at Bayview Road in Dover near, all during the past week.
14 PURPLE MARTINS were seen at the Coppal House Farm in Lee on August 2nd.
A NORTHERN HARRIER was seen at the Dillant-Hopkins Airport in Keene on July 31st.
2 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were seen at the Dillant-Hopkins Airport in Keene on July 31st, and 1 was seen at the Concord Airport on August 2nd.
There was an unconfirmed report of a SEASIDE SPARROW from Cross Beach Road in Seabrook on July 29th.
There was an unconfirmed report of a GOLDEN EAGLE from Camp Brookwoods Road in Alton on July 31st.
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Thanks very much and good birding.