This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Friday, April 20th, 
2007.



2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen flying over the Pease Golf Course in Portsmouth 
on April 14th.



2 BLACK VULTURES were seen soaring over the Connecticut River in Hinsdale on 
April 17th.



5 LEACH'S STORM-PETRELS were seen in Hampton Harbor on April 16th, and one 
was seen there briefly the next morning, but they have not been seen again. 
A BLACK GUILLEMOT was also seen in the harbor on the 16th.



An adult LITTLE GULL was seen in a cove at the North Hampton and Rye town 
line on April 16th.



2 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen hunting at the Dillant-Hopkins Airport in 
Swanzey on April 19th.



A male HARLEQUIN DUCK, and a BLACK GUILLEMOT were seen in Rye Harbor on 
April 18th. 3 RAZORBILLS were reported from along the coast on April 16th.



A female CANVASBACK was seen at the Rochester Waste Water Treatment Plant on 
April 17th. Also present were 80 RING-NECKED DUCKS, and 16 HOODED 
MERGANSERS. 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were seen here on the 19th. 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 "COMMON TEAL", which is the Eurasian race of GREEN-WINGED TEAL, was 
reported in Charlestown, in Lower Meadows, along Route 12, on April 16th.



113 SNOW GEESE, a NORTHERN SHOVELER, 6 NORTHERN PINTAIL, 121 GREEN-WINGED 
TEAL, and 4 AMERICAN WIGEON were seen in Great Meadows in Charlestown on 
April 15th.



25 SNOW GEESE were seen on North River Road in Milford on April 17th and 
18th, and a lone SNOW GOOSE has been seen for several days along Route 111A 
in North Hampton during the past week.



6 NORTHERN SHOVELERS were seen at the Exeter Wastewater Treatment Plant, and 
2 were seen at the Morrill Farm fields in Penacook, all on April 14th.



3 BRANT, 3 PIPING PLOVERS, 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 6 GREATER YELLOWLEGS and 
nearly 100 PURPLE SANDPIPERS were reported from Hampton on April 17th.



A LAUGHING GULL and 160 BONAPARTE'S GULLS and were seen at Jenness Beach in 
Rye on April 19th, and 6 NORTHERN GANNETS were seen from Ragged Neck in Rye 
on April 17th.



A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Regional Drive in Concord on April 20th, and 
one reported from along Route 4 in East Grafton on the 14th.



2 SNOW BUNTINGS were seen at Little Boar's Head in North Hampton on April 
14th.



3 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were reported from the Harris Center in Hancock, and 15 
were seen along Bartlett Road in Kensington, all on April 14th.



6 GLOSSY IBIS were seen in a horse pasture on Peverly Hill Road in 
Portsmouth on April 16th, and again on the 18th. A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON 
was seen along the Contoocook River on Penacook on April 20th.



A GREAT EGRET and 2 SNOWY EGRETS were seen near Landing Road in Hampton on 
April 17th, and a possible LITTLE BLUE HERON was reported from along Route 
33 in Greenland on the 15th. A GREAT EGRET was reported from Powdermill Pond 
in Hancock, and an AMERICAN BITTERN was seen in Stratham, both on April 
14th.



A red-morph EASTERN SCREECH-OWL has been seen regularly in Greenland and was 
last reported on April 19th. It has been seen near a driveway at 109 
Portsmouth Avenue just north of the intersection with Newington Road. It 
roosts in a large tree on the south side of the road, and can sometimes be 
seen when looking northeast from southwest of the driveway. Be careful of 
the traffic here.



Large numbers of WILSON'S SNIPE continued to be reported during the past 
week from wet or flooded agricultural fields, with high counts of 21 on Krif 
Road in Keene on April 19th, 45 along Route 88 in Hampton Falls on the 18th, 
and 52 along Route 111A in North Hampton on the 17th.



The stormy weather during the past week grounded many migrant ducks and 
geese, and flooded fields and wetlands throughout the state. As a result 
there have been good numbers of BLUE-WINGED and GREEN-WINGED TEAL, WOOD 
DUCKS, RING-NECKED DUCKS, COMMON and HOODED MERGANSERS, and AMERICAN WIGEON, 
and smaller numbers of RED-NECKED GREBES, NORTHERN PINTAILS, LESSER and 
GREATER SCAUP, BUFFLEHEADS, and COMMON GOLDENEYE.



An INDIGO BUNTING was reported from Walpole on April 17th. Other 
early-returning migrants reported during the past week included BARN and 
TREE SWALLOWS, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS, EASTERN MEADOWLARKS, FIELD and 
CHIPPPING SPARROWS, EASTERN PHOEBES, TREE SWALLOWS, PINE, YELLOW-RUMPED and 
PALM WARBLERS, and RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS.



This message is also available by phone recording: call 224-9900 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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