New Hampshire Seacoast 11/6

From Steve Mirick:

Jane and I led our annual November field trip today for the Brookline 
Bird Club.

We covered the coast including Hampton Harbor, Hampton Beach State Park, 
Bicentennial Park, Eel Pond, Ragged Neck, Odiorne Point State Park, and 
finishing trip at Sunset Farm on Great Bay. It was (as it has been in 
past years) a tough day for land birds as many birds have cleared out 
since last weekend. And unfortunately, the nice birds on Great Bay were 
distant and difficult to see in late afternoon as heat shimmer and winds 
made viewing difficult. Nevertheless, a great (and big!) group of folks 
and a nice warm day to get out and stretch our legs and see some birds.

8:00 AM to 2:30 PM
30 +/- participants
Clear and mild
40F-60F winds SW 5 to 15 knots.
Rough seas offshore moderated a bit later in afternoon.
62 Species

Brant - Nice views of 3 off Hampton Beach.
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
EURASIAN WIGEON - 3 adult males on Great Bay. Distant, but distinct 
blurry blobs in the distance.
American Wigeon - A small number of distant blurry blobs on Great Bay.
American Black Duck - Including 2 doing head-bob courtship and then 
COPULATING on Eel Pond!
Mallard
Greater Scaup - Distant blurry flock on Great Bay.
Common Eider
Surf Scoter - Some nice views at Odiorne.
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck - Female close to Route 1 on Eel Pond.
Red-throated Loon - Lots along coast. Some fine views at Odiorne. 
Migration not clearly noted, but a nice flock of 5 seen migrating.
Common Loon - Lots along coast.
Pied-billed Grebe - 5 (!) on Eel Pond in Rye. Good count for pond.
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe - Nice views at Odiorne.
Northern Gannet - Only distant views.
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron - ONLY 1! And this was on Great Bay. (In contrast to 
10 we counted yesterday on coast!)
Turkey Vulture - A couple for the day.
Northern Harrier - Seen by Steve Bennett's car in Seabrook.
Cooper's Hawk - 1 young bird in Hampton.
Red-tailed Hawk - A few along coast.
American Coot - Nice flock continues on Eel Pond including 1 feeding on 
grasses near Route 1.
Black-bellied Plover - Including nice continuing LEUCISTIC BIRD seen 
from Yankee Fisherman's Coop in Seabrook.
Semipalmated Plover - 6 lingering birds in Seabrook.
Sanderling - Nice numbers from a couple of spots.
White-rumped Sandpiper - 1 flyover seen by Ben Griffith. There were 7 
lingering birds yesterday.
Dunlin
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Black Guillemot - 1 bird seen (between dives) at Odiorne Point State Park.
Rock Pigeon
Belted Kingfisher - 1 on Great Bay only.
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 at Sunset Farm on Great Bay.
Downy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Horned Lark - 4 with buntings at Hampton Beach SP.
Black-capped Chickadee
American Robin - Great flight of 750+ flying south along Route 1 in 
Seabrook in morning. Not sure if these were true migrants or birds 
coming from morning roost.
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Lapland Longspur - 2 for the day including nice prolonged close views at 
Odiorne. Another with flock of buntings at Hampton Beach SP.
Snow Bunting - 150 including flock of 145+ at Hampton Beach SP.
Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Tree Sparrow - 1 at Yankee Fisherman's Coop in Seabrook.
Savannah Sparrow
Savannah "Ipswich" Sparrow - 2 in dunes of Hampton Beach State Park.
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco - Only 1 for the day!
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
House Finch
Pine Siskin - 1 flyover at Odiorne heard by me only. But I don't know 
that anyone had any Goldfinches!!
House Sparrow

Also.......

Harbor Seal - Several
Gray Seal - One off Odiorne

Clouded Sulphur - A few
Orange Sulphur - One
Cabbage White - A few
Monarch - One reported by Jon Woolf

Odonates - 0 :-(