FRANCONIA, N.H. —The Bicknell's thursh, a rare neo-tropical migrant whose nesting habitat is at high elevations, is being heard by hikers and birders on Mount Kinsman, Pierce and Eisenhower.
Hikers reported two Bicknell's thrushes, two boreal chickadees, an olive-sided flycatcher, a spurce grouse and an Eastern screech-owl, all on June 17 on Mount Kinsman.
They were reported as part of the New Hampshire Audubon"s Rare Bird Alert. Here's the alert for June 23.
Birders hiking on Mount Pierce and Mount Eisenhower reported 16 Bicknell's thrushes as well as a black-backed woodpecker, four boreal chickadees, five gray jays and five fox sparrow on June 21-22.
A Mississippi kite was seen in Newmarket on June 22.
An Acadian Flycatcher was discovered off of Bennett Road in Durham on May 24, and was seen several times since then. It was last reported on June 22. It has been seen and heard singing less than one mile from Route 108 on the north side of the road, among scattered alders in a field and near a small pond.
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