This is New Hampshire Audubon’s Rare Bird Alert for Monday, September 22, 2025.
4 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS were seen at the Isles of Shoals on September 20th.
A HUDSONIAN GODWIT continued to be seen in Hampton Harbor and was last reported on September 20th.
A WESTERN SANDPIPER was seen at Plaice Cove in Hampton on September 20th and 21st.
2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were seen at the Jamie Welch Field in Boscawen on September 14th to 16th, and 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS were seen at Lower Baker Pond in Orford on September 22nd.
2 CASPIAN TERNS were seen at Plaice Cove in Hampton on September 20th, and 2 FORSTER’S TERNS were seen at Hampton Harbor on the 19th.
There was an unconfirmed report of a TRICOLORED HERON from Hampton Harbor on September 15th.
2 LITTLE BLUE HERONS, an adult and a juvenile, were seen at Parsons Creek Salt Marsh, opposite Wallis Sands State Beach, in Rye on September 19th.
A GREEN HERON was seen at the Upper Coos Recreational Trail in Colebrook on September 21st.
5 BLACK VULTURES were seen at Woodridge Park in Durham on September 20th, and 2 were seen at Pack Monadnock on the 21st.
A MERLIN was seen in Hampton Harbor on September 16th.
There was an unconfirmed report of CONNECTICUT WARBLER from the Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail in the White Mountains on September 17th.
An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen at Rhododendron State Park in Fitzwilliam on September 18th. There was an unconfirmed report of an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER at Odiorne Point State Park on September 20th, and another from the Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail in the White Mountains on the 17th.
A BLUE-WINGED WARBLER was seen at Spinney Lane and Durham Reservoir on September 18th. A CANADA WARBLER was seen in Canaan on September 15th, and a PRAIRIE WARBLER was seen in Lebanon on September 20th.
A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen near the top of Pack Monadnock in Peterborough on September 15th and 16th.
2 CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were seen at the Concord Community Gardens on Birch Street on September 20th, and 1 was seen at Goss Farm in Rye on the 21st.
A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, a NELSON’S SPARROW, 2 DICKCISSELS, a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, and a COMMON NIGHTHAWK were seen at Star Island, one of the Isles of Shoals, on September 20th.
An EASTERN KINGBIRD was seen at Goss Farm in Rye on September 21st.
4 BICKNELL’S THRUSHES were seen along the Webster-Jackson Trail in the White Mountains on September 15th.
A WOOD THRUSH was reported from Concord on September 21st, and 1 was reported from Durham on the 18th.
Fall season hawk migration observation has started and observers have counted over 6,800 raptors so far (mainly BROAD-WINGED HAWKS) from the Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory. Be sure to visit and help the official counters!
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