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June 19th, 2005. New Hampshire Coast
Susannah and I had a very good morning on the New Hampshire coast beginning with a
Black-crowned Night Heron that flew over Rt 101 just as we entered the Hampton saltmarshes.
The ‘hoped for’ King Rail eventually appeared behind Little Jack’s in Hampton whilst we were
in the company of Davis Finch, Denny Abbot and others. We finished off with a short seawatching
session from Ragged Neck which produced good numbers of Wilson’s Storm Petrels.
The big surprise of the day was the actual numbers of Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrows
behind Little Jack’s Restaurant which were constantly in view during the whole two hours
whilst we were there. All of them, however, eluded my camera!
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| King Rail Rallus elegans, Hampton, NH. June 19th, 2005 |
| Canon Powershot A-95 with Leica 10x42 binoculars. Original size. |
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Slightly enlarged.
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Enlarged and cropped image. Note the very heavy bill, dark centered upperpart
feathers and boldly striped flanks.
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Further notes from June 19th:
NH Coast (07:00-11:30hrs);
Wilson’s Storm Petrel - 2 off Bicentennial Park
Black-crowned Night Heron - 1 adult/1st summer in flight over Rt 101 near boat launch area in Hampton marshes.
Green Heron - 2+ behind Little Jack’s.
Snowy Egret - 2+ behind Little Jack’s.
Surf Scoter - 3 off Bicentennial Park.
Least Tern - 2 over saltmarh behind Little Jack’s.
King Rail - 1 seen and heard behind Little Jack’s.
Virginia Rail - 1 calling behind Little Jack’s at about 07:30hrs.
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow - 25+. Careful scanning with a scope
revealed many of these, most frequently in flight. All of the birds
close enough to id. were this species.
Ragged Neck, Rye (10:00 -11:15hrs);
We tried some seawatching from this spot with a few birds visible in the NE breeze. Virtually all birds were moving north.
Common Loon - 4 flew north
Red-throated Loon - 1 north.
Wilson’s Storm Petrel - 28
Northern Gannet - 45
White-winged Scoter - 1, male on sea.
Least Tern - 2 north.
Common Eider - c.35 in view, no movement.
Cliff Swallow - 1 around the picnic area and parking lot.
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