Date: 9/8/25 8:25 am From: Mark Suomala <suomalamark...> Subject: [NHBirds] Rare Bird Alert, New Hampshire, September 8, 2025
This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, September 8th,
2025.
2 MISSISSIPPI KITES were seen in Dover and 2 were seen in Durham, all on
several days during the past week.
A LARK SPARROW was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on September 6th
and 7th.
2 DICKCISSELS were seen at Birch Street Community Gardens in Concord on
September 7th, 1 was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on the 6th,
and 1 was seen in Goffstown on the 6th and 7th.
A family group of SANDHILL CRANES consisting of 2 adults and 1 juvenile was
seen in fields along Plains Road in Monroe on September 5th.
3 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS were seen at the Isles of Shoals on September 2nd.
A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was seen in Hampton Harbor on September 3rd and 6th.
A LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was reported from the Hampton Salt Marsh
Conservation Area on September 5th and 6th.
2 WILLETS were seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on September 2nd.
2 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS were seen at the Pease International Tradeport
grasslands on September 1st.
2 BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS were seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on
September 6th, and 1 was seen ju`st south of Odiorne Point State Park in
Rye on September 7th.
2 WESTERN SANDPIPERS were seen at Plaice Cove in Hampton on September 5th.
A PIPING PLOVER was seen at Jenness Beach in Rye on September 6th.
A PARASITIC JAEGER was seen in offshore waters at Jeffrey’s Ledge on
September 7th, and a POMARINE JAEGER was seen in offshore waters between
New Castle and the Isles of Shoals on the 4th.
4 LEAST TERNS were seen in Hampton Harbor on September 3rd, and a BLACK
TERN was seen in offshore waters at Old Scantum on September 2nd.
A juvenile YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen near the intersection of
Cross Beach Road and Route 1A (across from St. Elizabeth’s Church) in
Seabrook on September 6th.
A LITTLE BLUE HERON was seen Hampton Salt Marsh Conservation Area on
September 4th.
A SNOWY EGRET continues to be seen on the Merrimack River in Boscawen, and
was last reported on September 7th.
5 BLACK VULTURES were seen in Durham on September 4th.
COMMON NIGHTHAWK southbound migration is still underway, but should be
tapering out soon. A nighthawk watch, led by a NH Audubon volunteer, is
held in Concord, NH on the roof of the Capitol Commons Parking Garage on 75
Storrs Street every evening (except in bad weather) from mid-August into
the first week of September. Numbers of migrating nighthawks are tallied
from 5:30 pm to about 7:30 pm. Visitors are welcome. Some evenings can be
an incredible spectacle, but it is not easy to predict when that might
happen. Thursday 9/11/2025 has some potential with a warm south wind
currently predicted.
This message is also available by phone recording: call (603) 224-9909 and
press 4 as directed or ask to be transferred.
If you have seen any interesting birds recently, you can leave a message at
the end of the recording or send your sightings to the RBA via e-mail to:
<birdsetc...> Please put either "bird sighting" or "Rare Bird
Alert" in the subject line and be sure to include your mailing address and
phone number. The RBA is also available on-line at the New Hampshire
Audubon web site, www.nhaudubon.org
Thanks very much and good birding.
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