Three least terns were seen in Hampton Harbor July 29.

Thirteen glossy ibis were seen from Rye Harbor July 28.

Thirteen semipalmated plovers, 72 killdeer, 13 spotted sandpipers, 22 solitary sandpipers, a greater yellowlegs, 27 lesser yellowlegs, two sanderlings, 25 semipalmated sandpipers, 98 least sandpipers, a white-rumped sandpiper, 11 pectoral sandpipers, a short-billed dowitcher, a Wilson's snipe, and a peregrine falcon were all reported from Powder Mill Pond in Hancock July 31.

Seven snowy egrets, a black-bellied plover, 33 semipalmated plovers, six greater yellowlegs, nine willets, a whimbrel, two ruddy turnstones, a red knot, 17 sanderlings, 33 semipalmated sandpipers, a short-billed dowitcher, 17 Bonaparte's gulls, 23 roseate terns, and 47 common terns were all seen in Hampton Harbor July 29.

Three great egrets, eight snowy egrets, a black-crowned night-heron,five black-bellied plovers, 10 semipalmated plovers, five greater yellowlegs, five willets, two lesser yellowlegs, 10 sanderlings, 25 semipalmated sandpipers, five least sandpipers, and five short-billed dowitchers were seen near Odiorne Point State Park in Rye July 26.

Twelve whimbrels, 75 ruddy turnstones, two short-billed dowitchers, a great shearwater and 32 Wilson's storm-petrels were reported from the Isles of Shoals July 29.

Five Cory's shearwaters, 84 great shearwaters, two sooty shearwaters, 867 Wilson's storm-petrels, three Leach's storm-petrels, 10 northern gannets, and two jaegerswere reported by birders on a whale-watch cruise out of Rye July 28 in New Hampshire and Massachusetts waters.

Two black-crowned night-herons were seen from Prescott Park in Portsmouth July 29.

A breeding-plumaged Bonaparte's gull was seen on Squam Lake July 25.

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