This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, January 10th, 
2008.



An EARED GREBE has been regularly seen on the coast in the cove located near 
the North Hampton and Rye town line, and was most recently reported on 
January 7th.



A female KING EIDER was seen off of North Side Park in Hampton on January 
5th.



A male HARLEQUIN DUCK was seen from Bicentennial Park, located off of Route 
1A in Hampton, on January 7th.



A THICK-BILLED MURRE was seen off of Great Boar's Head in Hampton on January 
7th, and a DOVEKIE was seen from Ragged Neck in Rye on the 5th. 25 
RAZORBILLS were seen off of Seabrook Beach on the 7th, and 15 BLACK 
GUIILEMOTS were reported from along the coast on the 6th.



A male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was seen off of Great Boar's Head in Hampton on 
January 6th, and a female was seen here on the 5th. Another female BARROW'S 
GOLDENEYE was seen south of Ragged Neck in Rye, also on the 5th.



An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL, 3 ICELAND GULLS, a GLAUCOUS GULL, a LESSER 
BLACK-BACKED GULL, a female NORTHERN SHOVELER, and a pair of NORTHERN 
PINTAILS were all reported from the Rochester Wastewater Treatment Plant on 
January 7th. 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.



2 ICELAND GULLS were seen Hampton Harbor, and 1 was seen in Portsmouth 
Harbor, all on January 6th.



2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen at Awcomin Marsh in Rye together with a flock 
of 42 HORNED LARKS on January 5th.



A male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, 110 COMMON GOLDENEYES, 3 LESSER SCAUP, a GREATER 
SCAUP, a RUDDY DUCK, 125 HOODED MERGANSERS, 47 COMMON MERGANSERS, a WOOD 
DUCK, 8 LAPLAND LONGSPURS, 13 SNOW BUNTINGS, and 260 HORNED LARKS were seen 
in the Connecticut River valley between Charlestown and Hinsdale on January 
5th.



An EASTERN SCREECH-OWL continues to be seen at the Park Street Common in 
Exeter, and was most recently reported on January 6th.



At least one HOARY REDPOLL was seen in Sandwich on January 9th.



COMMON REDPOLL sightings during the past week included 125 in Sandwich on 
January 9th, 106 in Rumney on the 7th, 40 in Holderness on the 7th, 60 in 
Jefferson on the 4th, and 12 in Chichester on the 4th.



BOHEMIAN WAXWING sightings during the past week included 20 in Sandwich on 
January 9th, nearly 200 at Bow Lake Village on the 8th, 41 in North Conway 
on the 5th, 100 in Rochester on the 5th, 150 in Strafford on the 5th, 200 in 
Northwood on the 5th, 34 in Pittsfield on the 5th, and 60 in Antrim on the 
4th.



NORTHERN SHRIKE sightings during the past week included 1 in Holderness on 
January 8th, 2 in Exeter on the 6th, 2 in North Hampton on the 6th, 1 in 
Hinsdale on the 5th, 1 in Newton on the 5th, 1 in Greenland on the 5th, 1 in 
Rye on the 5th, 1 in Jefferson on the 4th, 1 in Newington on the 4th, and 1 
in Enfield Center on the 3rd.



PINE GROSBEAKS sightings during the past week included 12 in Epsom on 
January 8th, 11 in Brentwood on the 7th, 6 in Etna on the 7th, 8 in 
Strafford on the 4th, and 50 at the Peterborough Middle School on the 4th.



EVENING GROSBEAK sightings during the past week included 60 in Jefferson, 
and 14 in Barnstead, all on January 4th.



17 PURPLE SANDPIPERS and 8 SANDERLINGS were seen at Rye Ledge in Rye on 
January 7th, and 35 DUNLIN were seen in Hampton Harbor on January 6th.



A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at the Ashland Transfer Station on January 5th.



2 GRAY JAYS and a NORTHERN SHRIKE were seen at the Lake Umbagog National 
Wildlife Refuge Headquarters in Errol on January 9th.



A PINE WARBLER was seen on Towle Road in Chichester on January 5th and 6th.



A FOX SPARROW was seen on Appledore Road in North Hampton, and a SAVANNAH 
SPARROW was seen at the Seabrook Waste Water Treatment Plant, both on 
January 5th.



This message is also available by phone recording: call 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 tape 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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