This is New Hampshire Audubon’s Rare Bird Alert for Monday, June 2nd, 2025.
New Hampshire Audubon sponsored an all-day pelagic bird trip on May 26th aboard the boat “Granite State” out of Rye Harbor. Highlights: RED PHALAROPE 14,780, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE 707, PARASITIC JAEGER 1, ATLANTIC PUFFIN 2, BLACK TERN 1, WILSON’S STORM-PETREL 2,087, NORTHERN FULMAR 3, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE 1, GREAT SHEARWATER 1, SOOTY SHEARWATER 31, NORTHERN GANNET 95, LONG-TAILED DUCK 26, AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER 3. Trip Report in eBird can be found here with a marine chart and photos.
2 MISSISSIPPI KITES were seen in Durham on June 1st. Small numbers of this bird species have been nesting in southeastern New Hampshire for a number of years.
2 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and a SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER were seen at Moore Reservoir in Littleton on June 1st.
A WILSON’S SNIPE was seen at the Dillant-Hopkins Airport in Swanzey on June 1st.
A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on May 28th.
2 LITTLE BLUE HERONS (1 adult and 1 immature) were seen at Parson’s Creek Salt Marsh west of Wallis Sands Beach in Rye on June 1st.
2 LEAST BITTERNS were heard at the Rockingham Rail Trail in Newfields on June 1st.
A BOHEMIAN WAXWING was seen with a small flock of CEDAR WAXWINGS at Airport Marsh in Whitefield on May 27th.
A LARK SPARROW was photographed at the mitigation reserve on Old Mill Road in Lee on June 2nd.
8 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were reported at the Concord Airport on May 29th, and 2 were reported at the Cemetery Fields in Amherst on the 31st.
At least 5 FOX SPARROWS were reported from 5 different locations in the White Mountains during the past week.
A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen on Reed Road in Colebrook on May 26th.
3 PHILADELPHIA VIREOS were seen and at least 1 of those was photographed at the Turbine Road in Dixville on May 27th.
A BLACK VULTURE was seen in Nashua and 1 was seen in Rochester, both during the past week.
3 BICKNELL’S THRUSHES were reported from Cannon Mountain, 3 were reported from the Mount Washington Auto Road, and 2 were reported from the Turbine Road in Dixville, all during the past week.
A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen at Odiorne Point State Park on May 28th.
There was a report of a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER from Errol on May 30th.
There was an unconfirmed report of a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE seen in Epsom on May 31st.
There was an unconfirmed report of 3 GOLDEN EAGLES seen in Hollis on May 26th.
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Thanks very much and good birding.