This is New Hampshire Audubon’s Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, January 22nd, 
2014.



At least 7 SNOWY OWLS continued to be reported in New Hampshire during the 
past week including 1 along the coast in Rye, 1 in New Castle, 2 at Pease 
International Tradeport, and 3 in the Hampton and Seabrook marsh areas. 
There was an unconfirmed report of a SNOWY OWL in Concord on January 21st.



A THICK-BILLED MURRE was seen at North Hampton Beach on January 18th and 
20th.



A BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was seen off of Hampton Beach State Park on January 
20th.



A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at Hampton Harbor on January 20th, and 1 was seen 
on Hampton Beach on the 19th.



4 ICELAND GULLS were seen along the coast on January 18th.



A male BARROW’S GOLDENEYE and a possible female were seen from Stark Landing 
along the Merrimack River in Manchester on January 18th.



3 GADWALLS were seen in the coastal marsh located south of Odiorne Point 
State Park in Rye on January 20th.



At least 1 BOHEMIAN WAXWING was seen with a flock of over 300 CEDAR WAXWINGS 
near the Airport Country Store and Deli in Gilford on January 16th.



4 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen on the Route 1A median north of Great Boar's 
Head in Hampton on January 20th, and 2 were seen at Hampton Beach State Park 
on January 19th.



A flock of 60 SNOW BUNTINGS was seen in Portsmouth on January 20th.



A flock of 37 PURPLE SANDPIPERS was seen in Rye Harbor, and a flock of 10 
was seen at Hampton Beach State Park, all on January 20th



A PEREGRINE FALCON was reported from the Notre Dame bridge in Manchester on 
January 22nd, and there was an unconfirmed report of a GYRFALCON in Hudson 
on January 19th and 20th.



A PINE WARBLER was seen visiting a birdfeeder in Brentwood on January 19th.



A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was seen in Alstead, and 1 was seen in Hampton, both 
on January 18th.



A HERMIT THRUSH was seen in Portsmouth on January 19th.



A flock of 17 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS was seen in Nashua on January 19th.



This message is also available by phone recording: call (603) 224-9909 and 
press 2 as directed or ask to be transferred. If you have seen any 
interesting birds recently, you can leave a message at the end of the 
recording or send your sightings to the RBA via e-mail at: 
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Alert" in the subject line and be sure to include your mailing address and 
phone number. The RBA is also available on-line at the New Hampshire Audubon 
web site, www.nhaudubon.org



Thanks very much and good birding.

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