This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, November 20th, 
2008.



A SANDHILL CRANE was seen in the fields adjacent to Plains Road in Monroe on 
November 18th. There has been a SANDHILL CRANE over-summering here for 
several years running.



A SNOWY OWL was seen at the corner of Stone Pond Road and Frost Hill Road in 
Marlborough on November 16th.



An immature GOLDEN EAGLE was seen in Ashland on November 16th.



An adult NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at a private residence in Chatham on 
November 18th, and one was seen at the Dillant-Hopkins Airport in Swanzey on 
November 16th.



An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and a BLACKPOLL WARBLER were seen near Little Boar's 
Head in North Hampton on November 19th, a PALM WARBLER was seen on River 
Road in Penacook on the 16th, and a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT was seen in Rye on 
the 15th.



A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at Hampton Beach State Park on November 
15th, and there was a report of a possible LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at Moore 
Fields in Durham on November 16th.



An ICELAND GULL was seen at Rye Harbor, and one seen from Concord Point in 
Rye, both on November 19th.



2 ICELAND GULLS were seen at the Rochester Wastewater Treatment Plant on 
November 14th. 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, located east of the plant, are not gated, and are always 
open during daylight hours.



A STILT SANDPIPER was seen at the pools at the end of Landing Road in 
Hampton on November 14th and 15th, an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER was seen at 
Plaice Cove in Hampton on November 16th, and a SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER and 3 
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were seen in Hampton Harbor on November 15th.



6 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 19 RUDDY DUCKS, 14 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, a BONAPARTE'S 
GULL, and an AMERICAN COOT were reported from the Exeter Wastewater 
Treatment Plant on November 15th.



2 NORTHERN PINTAILS were seen migrating south along the coast on November 
19th.

A NORTHERN PINTAIL and a WOOD DUCK were seen on Eel Pond in Rye on November 
17th, and an AMERICAN COOT was seen here on the 17th.

An AMERICAN WIGEON was reported from Northwood Lake on November 16th.



A HORNED GREBE, a BLACK SCOTER, 3 RUDDY DUCKS, and 2 WOOD DUCKS were 
reported from Lake Massabesic in Auburn on November 18th, and a PIED-BILLED 
GREBE and 2 COMMON LOONS were seen here on the 15th.



8 BUFFLEHEADS, 3 COMMON MERGANSERS, and a NORTHERN HARRIER were reported 
from the Pondicherry National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson on November 17th.



2 COMMON MERGANSERS and 27 HOODED MERGANSERS were seen at the Basin, 5 
COMMON GOLDENEYES were seen on Lower Kimball Pond, and 39 RING-NECKED DUCKS 
were seen on Upper Kimball Pond, in Chatham all on November 17th.



75 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were seen on Pitcher Mountain in Stoddard on 
November 18th, and 17 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were seen on Bog Road in 
Penacook on November 16th.



32 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS, 5 SNOW BUNTINGS, 2 BOREAL CHICKADEES, and a 
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER were seen along the Kancamagus Highway and the south 
end of Bear Notch Road in Albany on November 18th.



120 HORNED LARKS and 20 SNOW BUNTINGS were seen at Moore Fields on Route 
155A in Durham on November 14th.



21 AMERICAN PIPITS were seen at Thirty Pines in Penacook on November 16th.



2 late-migrating BARN SWALLOWS were seen at Bicentennial Park in Hampton on 
November 16th.



A late-migrating female ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK has been visiting the 
birdfeeders at the Massabesic Audubon Center in Auburn, and was last 
reported on November 19th.



A late-migrating NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW was seen in Rye, and a 
late-migrating SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROW was seen in Hampton, both on 
November 15th.



A MERLIN was seen in Nashua on November 19th.



5 BALD EAGLES were seen in Dummer on November 19th.



4 GRAY JAYS have been seen regularly visiting a suet feeder in Errol.



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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