A ROYAL TERN was photographed flying in Hampton Harbor on July 23rd.

2 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS and a GREAT CORMORANT continued to be seen at the Isles of Shoals during the past week.

A PECTORAL SANDPIPER was seen in Hampton Salt Marsh on July 21st.

A female KING EIDER continues to be seen in coastal Rye, often from the second pullout just south of Odiorne Point State Park. It was last reported on July 23rd.

A juvenile LITTLE BLUE HERON was seen in pools located west of Route 1A and south of Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on July 21st.

3 LEAST BITTERNS were reported from World End Pond in Salem on July 21st.

A possible juvenile BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was reported from Three Mile Island in Meredith on July 18th, and a possible juvenile YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was reported from the dam area at Elm Brook Park in Hopkinton on July 22nd.

A SANDHILL CRANE was seen in fields at Bedell Bridge State Park in Haverhill on July 19th.

3 BLACK VULTURES were seen in Manchester on July 20th.

4 RED CROSSBILLS were reported from Albany, and 1 was reported from Center Barnstead, all during the past week.

An EVENING GROSBEAK was reported from Marlborough on July 17th.

A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at Moore Fields on Route 155A in Durham on July 22nd, and 2 were seen in Newington on the 21st.

Several FOX SPARROWS were reported from the White Mountains during the past week.

A FISH CROW was reported from Plymouth during the past week.

4 ORCHARD ORIOLES were seen at Pickering Ponds in Rochester on July 22nd and 23rd.

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