This is New Hampshire Audubon’s Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, February 19th, 
2013.



A VARIED THRUSH has been seen visiting a birdfeeder at a house on Saltmarsh 
Circle in Bow for about a month and was last reported on February 19th, one 
has been seen at a birdfeeder on Maple Street in West Hopkinton and was last 
reported on February 13th, and one was reported visiting a birdfeeder at a 
private residence in Nashua and was last reported on February 14th.



An immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER has been coming to a birdfeeder on Grafton 
Road in Alexandria since December 13th, and was last reported on February 
15th. There is a possibility that a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER has been 
visiting the same feeder, but this is unconfirmed, and its visits have been 
unpredictable.



2 BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS were reported from near Little Cherry Pond in the 
Pondicherry National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson during the past week.



A SNOWY OWL was seen at Pulpit Rocks in Rye on February 17th.



A GREAT GRAY OWL was seen and photographed in Hanover on February 3rd and 
4th, and 7th, but has not been reported since then. The owl was initially 
seen along Trescott Road about halfway to Etna, and then later seen in a 
wetland area located about ¾ of a mile from the Appalachian Trail parking 
lot.



A first-winter male KING EIDER was seen near the inlet to Hampton Harbor on 
February 16th.



A pair of BARROW’S GOLDENEYES was seen on the Merrimack River near 250 
Commercial Street in Manchester on February 19th.



A GLAUCOUS GULL continues to be seen in the Seabrook side of Hampton Harbor, 
an ICELAND GULL was seen in Seabrook, and 3 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES were 
seen at the inlet to Hampton Harbor, all on February 16th.



8 RAZORBILLS, 15 BLACK GUILLEMOTS and 9 PURPLE SANDPIPERS were seen along 
the coast on February 16th.



4 HOARY REDPOLLS were reported from a birdfeeding site at a private 
residence in Strafford on February 15th.



COMMON REDPOLL sightings during the past week included a flock of 350 in 
Strafford, and a flock of 110 in Jefferson.



PINE GROSBEAK sightings during the past week included a flock of 12 feeding 
on the crabapple trees in front of the Daniel Webster College Aviation 
Center in Nashua on February 16th, a flock of 5 on the University of New 
Hampshire campus on the 15th, and a flock of 12 in Errol on the 14th.



40 EVENING GROSBEAKS were reported from Littleton during the past week.



2 flocks of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were reported from Gorham on February 14th.



PEREGRINE FALCON sightings during the past week included 2 in Nashua on 
February 18th, 1 in Rumney on the 16th, and 1 in Concord on the 15th.



TURKEY VULTURE sightings during the past week included 4 in Exeter on 
February 15th, 1 in Concord on the 15th, and 1 in Salem on the 14th.



A FISH CROW was reported from Salem on February 19th.



3 GRAY JAYS were seen in Errol on February 14th, and 2 BOREAL CHICKADEES 
were seen in Errol on the 16th.



6 AMERICAN PIPITS were seen at Ragged Neck in Rye on February 16th.



A LAPLAND LONGSPUR and 42 SNOW BUNTINGS were reported from Milan on February 
16th.



An estimated 200 HORNED LARKS were seen at the Nashua Airport on February 
17th.



2-pairs of GADWALL were seen at Field’s Grove in Nashua on February 19th, 
and a NORTHERN PINTAIL was seen in Salem on the 14th.



140 COMMON MERGANSERS, 75 HOODED MERGANSERS, and a single COMMON GOLDENEYE 
were seen on the Connecticut River below the Wilder Dam on February 15th.



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.