Date: 8/25/25 2:17 pm From: Mark Suomala <suomalamark...> Subject: [NHBirds] Rare Bird Alert, New Hampshire, August 25, 2025
This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, August 25th,
2025.
2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at Lackie Farm on Ammonoosuc Street in Bath on
August 19th and 22nd.
3 MISSISSIPPI KITES were seen flying over Morningside Park in Dover on
August 23rd and 24th, and 1 was seen flying over Woodridge in Durham on
August 24th.
2 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS were reported from the Isles of Shoals, on August
22nd.
2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were seen at Surry Mountain Lake on August 22nd.
An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER, and a STILT SANDPIPER were
seen at the Rochester Wastewater Treatment on August 21st. The treatment
plant is gated and the hours of operation are 7:30-2:00 on weekdays only.
If you visit, please park in a designated spot at the main building and be
out of the plant by 1:45 so that plant personnel do not have to ask birders
to leave. Do not drive on the dikes and do not block the road. The Trails
at Pickering Ponds, located east of the plant, are not gated, and are
always open during daylight hours.
There was an unconfirmed report of 5 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS seen at Meadow
Pond in Hampton on August 19th.
A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was seen at the Pease International Tradeport
grasslands on August 25th.
A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was seen at Plaice Cove in Hampton on August 19th, and
1 was seen at Marsh Road Pond in Rye on the 21st.
4 CASPIAN TERNS was seen at Foss Beach and Ragged Neck in Rye on August 23rd
.
A FORSTER’S TERN was seen in Hampton Harbor on several days during the past
week.
There was unconfirmed report of a COMMON TERN from Lake Umbagog in Errol on
August 22nd.
A BONAPARTE’S GULL was seen at Moore Reservoir in Littleton on August 25th.
A RAZORBILL was seen off the coast on August 20th, and 2 COMMON GOLDENEYES
were seen off of the coast on the 22nd.
A LEAST BITTERN was reported from the Cranberry Pond Wetlands behind the
Price Chopper store in West Lebanon on August 21st.
2 juvenile BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS and 1 adult were seen at Fields Grove
City Park in Nashua on August 21st.
2 LITTLE BLUE HERONS were seen in pools and marshes south of Odiorne Point
State Park in Rye, 2 were seen at Parson’s Creek Salt Marsh in Rye, 1 was
seen in Hampton Marsh, and 1 was seen in Seabrook, all on several days
during the past week.
A SNOWY EGRET was seen on the Merrimack River in Boscawen, and 1 was seen
at Adams Point in Durham, both on August 23rd.
3 BLACK VULTURES were seen at Woodward Road in Westmoreland on August 24th.
A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen on the Jewel Trail in the White Mountains on
August 22nd.
An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen at World End Pond in Salem on August 19th.
COMMON NIGHTHAWK southbound migration is underway. Highlights from the past
week included: 979 seen from Powdermill Pond in Hancock, 549 seen from
Franklin Falls, and 79 seen from the Storrs Street Parking Garage Concord,
all on August 24th.
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.
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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