This is New Hampshire Audubon’s Rare Bird Alert for Monday, October 7, 2024.
An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was seen in Hampton Harbor on October 4th, 6th, and again on the 7th.
Birders on a boat cruise to offshore waters reported: an ATLANTIC PUFFIN, 1 RED PHALAROPE, 2 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, a PARASITIC JAEGER, 5 POMARINE JAEGERS, 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, 6 NORTHERN FULMARS, 21 CORY’S SHEARWATERS, 2 GREAT SHEARWATERS, and 3 MANX SHEARWATERS, all on September 30th.
A juvenile light-morph LONG-TAILED JAEGER was seen in-flight from Pack Monadnock by hawk-watchers on October 6th.
There was an unconfirmed report of 4 WESTERN SANDPIPERS from Plaice Cove in Hampton on October 2nd.
There was an unconfirmed report of a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER from Adams Point in Durham on October 4th.
A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER was seen at Surry Mountain Lake on October 1st.
4 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen flying in Walpole on October 1st.
A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen from Pack Monadnock on October 5th, and there was an unconfirmed GOLDEN EAGLE sighting reported from Freedom on the 6th.
3 BLACK VULTURES were seen in Londonderry, and 1 was seen in Hinsdale, all on October 4th.
A SANDHILL CRANE was seen flying by Pack Monadnock on October 5th.
A WHITE-EYED VIREO was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on October 4th and 5th.
A LARK SPARROW and 2 DICKCISSELS were seen at Goss Farm in Rye on October 5th, and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen at Wagon Hill Farm in Durham on October 2nd.
A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was seen in Nashua on October 5th.
A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on October 5th.
A FOX SPARROW was seen in Hinsdale on October 6th.
A NELSON’S SPARROW was seen at Krif Road in Keene on October 3rd, and a DICKCISSEL was seen there on the 5th.
A DICKCISSEL was seen on Griffin Road in Portsmouth on October 6th, 1 was seen at Woodridge Park in Durham on the 3rd, and 1 was seen at Woodmont Orchard in Hollis on September 30th.
A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO was seen at Mountain Road in Brookline on October 6th, and one was seen near the Pack Monadnock summit on the 1st.
A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen at Pratt Pond in Mason on October 1st.
A RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD was seen in Bartlett on October 3rd.
3 HORNED LARKS were seen at the Birch Street gardens in Concord on October 3rd, and 13 AMERICAN PIPITS were seen at the Hopkinton Lake dam at Elm Brook Park on the 6th.
Lingering species reported during the past week included: EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, CANADA WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, WARBLING VIREO, WOOD THRUSH, VEERY, and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK.
HAWK MIGRATION daily observation has started and observers have already counted over 4,790 raptors from the Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory. Be sure to visit and help the official counters!
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