Date: 9/22/25 1:20 pm From: Mark Suomala <suomalamark...> Subject: [NHBirds] Rare Bird Alert, New Hampshire, September 22, 2025
This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, September 22nd,
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!
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
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