Date: 6/9/25 11:27 am From: Mark Suomala <suomalamark...> Subject: [NHBirds] Rare Bird Alert, New Hampshire, June 9, 2025
This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, June 9th, 2025.
A SWALLOW-TAILED KITE was photographed flying overhead near the Central
School in Chichester on June 4th.
2 MISSISSIPPI KITES were seen in Durham and 1 was seen in Newmarket, all
during the past week. Small numbers of this bird-species have been nesting
in southeastern New Hampshire for a number of years.
A SABINE’S GULL was seen on White & Seavey Islands, part of the Isles of
Shoals, on June 8th.
5 BONAPARTE’S GULLS were seen at Lake Umbagog in Errol on June 8th.
A BLACK TERN was seen at Lake Umbagog in Errol on June 2nd.
A COMMON TERN was seen at Millsfield Pond in Millsfield on June 6th. An
unusual inland sighting.
An ARCTIC TERN was seen on White & Seavey Islands, part of the Isles of
Shoals, on June 8th.
There was an unconfirmed report of 2 FORSTER’S TERNS at Adam’s Point in
Durham on June 4th.
2 BLACK-NECKED STILTS were seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on June 9
th.
2 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen at Lonesome Lake in Lincoln on June 2nd.
A RUDDY TURNSTONE was seen at the Hinsdale Setbacks on the Connecticut
River on June 2nd, and 1 was seen at Airport Road in Keene on the 3rd.
2 LONG-TAILED DUCKS were lingering along coastal Rye during the past week.
At least 4 RED-THROATED LOONS lingered along the coast during the past week.
A LARK BUNTING was discovered at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on June 5th,
and has been seen every day since then. It was last reported on the 8th.
2 LEAST BITTERNS were heard at the Rockingham Rail Trail in Newfields on
June 3rd, and 1 was seen at Airport Road in Swanzey on June 2nd-7th.
A LITTLE BLUE HERON was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on June 7th.
A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen at the Lubberland Creek Preserve in
Newmarket on June 3rd and 4th.
A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen at Cherry Pond in Pondicherry Wildlife
Refuge on June 3rd.
A GREAT EGRET was seen in Grantham on June 6th.
2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen in fields on Artist Falls Road in Conway on
June 5th.
A BLACK VULTURE was seen flying with TURKEY VULTURES in Woodstock on June 8
th.
A NORTHERN HARRIER was seen at Elm Brook Recreation Area in Hopkinton on
June 3rd. Getting late to be seen this far south in the state.
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at the Androscoggin River Dam in Gorham on
June 4th.
A CERULEAN WARBLER was seen at the Wantastiquet Mountain Natural Area in
Chesterfield on June 6th, and again on the 9th.
2 PURPLE MARTINS were seen along the Cherry Pond Access Trail at
Pondicherry Wildlife Sanctuary in Jefferson on June 8th, and 1 was reported
from a private residence in Dover on June 6th.
Several FOX SPARROWS were reported from the White Mountains during the past
week.
2 PHILADELPHIA VIREOS were seen at the Turbine Road in Dixville, and 1 was
seen at Scott Bog in Pittsburg, all during the past week.
An EVENING GROSBEAK was heard in Cornish, and 2 were reported from
Charlestown, all on June 6th,
6 HORNED LARKS were seen at Pease International Tradeport, where they are
known to nest, on June 5th.
A WILLOW FLYCATCHER was seen in Jefferson Meadows in Jefferson on June 8th.
Uncommon this far north in the state.
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Audubon web site, www.nhaudubon.org
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