This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, January 29th, 
2009.



A NORTHERN HAWK OWL was found near 181 Coe Hill Road in Center Harbor on 
January 12th, and was last reported on the 29th. To try to see the owl take 
Coe Hill Road from Main Street near the Post Office, and follow this road 
about 0.9 miles. The owl has been seen in different trees mainly just past 
the house at 181. The location is on a curve on a hilly snow-covered road so 
park on a straight section of road and walk to the site. The owl has also 
been seen a few times farther along the road near the town line. A NORTHERN 
SHRIKE, and several PINE GROSBEAKS, BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS, and WHITE-WINGED 
CROSSBILLS have all been reported from the same general vicinity.



A SNOWY OWL was located in Milford on December 27th and has been seen 
several times since then with the most recent report from January 17th. The 
owl has been seen in the fields located behind Hayward's Ice Cream on Elm 
Street in Milford.

A SNOWY OWL was reported from Deerfield on Route 43 near the Town Hall on 
January 27th, one was reported from Awcomin Marsh in Rye on the 24th, one 
was seen near the Wentworth Hotel in New Castle on the 22nd, and one was 
reported from Woodward Road in a field between Route 63 and Route 12 in 
Westmoreland on the 19th.



A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Krif Road in Keene on January 24th.



A male HOARY REDPOLL was seen with a flock of about110 COMMON REDPOLLS near 
the Monadnock Marketplace on Ash Brook Court in Keene on January 25th. A 
male and a female HOARY REDPOLL continue to be seen at birdfeeders on 
Diamond Ledge Road in Sandwich and were last reported on January 29th.



A pair of BARROW'S GOLDENEYES was seen north of the Amoskeag Bridge in 
Manchester on January 23rd. A male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was seen off of Great 
Boar's Head in Hampton on January 24th.



A THICK-BILLED MURRE was seen from Bicentennial Park in Hampton on January 
24th.



A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on 
January 24th. A GLAUCOUS GULL continues to be seen near the Yankee 
Fisherman's Coop in Seabrook and several ICELAND GULLS continue to be seen 
along the coast.



A probable GLAUCOUS WINGED GULL was seen at the Rochester Wastewater 
Treatment Plant on January 10th, but has not been reported since then. 
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, GLAUCOUS GULLS, and ICELAND GULLS are being seen 
here regularly. The treatment plant is gated and the hours of operation are 
7:30-3:00 on weekdays. If you visit, please check in at the office and be 
out of the plant by 2:45 so that plant personnel do not have to ask birders 
to leave. Do not drive on the dikes and do not block the road. The Trails at 
Pickering Ponds are closed for repairs until further notice.



A flock of 180 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS was seen on Owen Drive in Littleton on 
January 28th, 120 were seen on Diamond Ledge Road in Sandwich on the 25th, 
60 were seen on Smith Sanborn Road in Chichester on the 23rd, and there have 
been numerous reports of smaller numbers from scattered locations during the 
past week.



A flock of over 40 EVENING GROSBEAKS continued to be seen visiting a 
birdfeeder in Jefferson during the past week, and 7 EVENING GROSBEAKS were 
seen at a feeding station on Hammond Hollow Road in Gilsum on January 28th.



A LAPLAND LONGSPUR, 2 SNOW BUNTINGS, and 250 HORNED LARKS were seen on River 
Road in Walpole on January 25th.



A BOREAL CHICKADEE, first located on January 3rd, was still present near the 
Kalwall
Corporation offices on River Road in Bow on the 25th.



A WINTER WREN was reported from Keene on January 28th and one was seen in 
Durham on the 24th.



A BALTIMORE ORIOLE and an "AUDUBON'S" YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER were seen 
visiting birdfeeders in Newmarket on January 24th.



A RUSTY BLACKBIRD and a HERMIT THRUSH were seen in Rye on January 24th.



2 EASTERN TOWHEES were seen off of Willowbrook Avenue in Portsmouth on 
January 24th.



There have been scattered sightings of PINE SISKINS, COMMON REDPOLLS, 
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS, SNOW BUNTINGS, RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS, EASTERN 
BLUEBIRDS, and HORNED LARKS from coastal and inland sites during the past 
week. There were also several reports of PURPLE SANDPIPERS from the coast 
during the past week.



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: 
[log in to unmask] Please put either "bird sighting" or "Rare Bird 
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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