This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, January 13, 
2010.



A possible adult-plumaged IVORY GULL was reported from Bicentennial Park in 
Hampton on January 11th, but has not been relocated since then.



A possible second-winter-plumaged SLATY-BACKED GULL was seen at the 
Rochester Wastewater Treatment Plant on January 7th but has not been 
relocated. 2 ICELAND GULLS, and 2 AMERICAN PIPITS were also seen here on the 
7th, and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, a NORTHERN SHRIKE, and a female 
NORTHERN PINTAIL were all seen here on the 8th. 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 GLAUCOUS GULL was again seen from the parking area south of the Yankee 
Fisherman's Coop in Seabrook, and one was seen from Cross Beach Road in 
Seabrook, both on January 12th. A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at the Derry Waste 
Water Treatment Plant on January 8th, but has not been relocated. The plant 
is closed Sunday and Monday and if you visit, please check in at the office.



A DOVEKIE was seen on the coast in Hampton on January 13th, and 27 
RAZORBILLS and 3 BLACK GUILLEMOTS were seen along the coast on the 12th.



Over 125 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen behind the high school in Gorham on 
January 10th. A flock of over 35 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS was seen off of Route 
110B in Milan, and a flock of 15 was seen off Route 16 in Berlin, all on 
January 7th. At least 12 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen in a flock of over 400 
CEDAR WAXWINGS on the Plymouth State University campus in Holderness on 
January 13th. At least 2 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen in a flock of over 500 
CEDAR WAXWINGS near the intersection of Pleasant Street and North Fruit 
Street in Concord, on January 7th.



A flock of 50 EVENING GROSBEAKS was seen just south of the junction of 
Routes 26 and 16 in Errol on January 7th.



A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen among a flock of SNOW BUNTINGS at Wallis Sands 
in Rye on January 6th. 40 SNOW BUNTINGS and 24 HORNED LARKS were seen along 
River Road in Westmoreland on January 9th. 20 SNOW BUNTINGS were seen at 
Powdermill Pond in Peterborough on January 7th.



A "SOOTY" FOX SPARROW, a subspecies normally occurring near the Pacific 
coast, is being regularly seen at a private home in Barrington, and was last 
reported on January11th.



A gray-morph EASTERN SCREECH-OWL has been seen regularly along Route 1A in 
Rye, roosting in a tree about 100-yards north of the entrance to Odiorne 
Point State Park, and was last reported on January 9th.



2 pairs of GADWALLS were seen in South Mill Pond in Portsmouth on January 
9th.



10 LESSER SCAUP were seen at the Exeter Wastewater Treatment Plant on 
January 9th.



A male NORTHERN PINTAIL was seen in a Pond along Route 1A in Seabrook, and a 
female NORTHERN PINTAIL was seen in the Exeter Reservoir, all on January 
9th.



5 COMMON GOLDENEYES, 7 HOODED MERGANSERS, and 2 COMMON MERGANSERS were 
reported from the Connecticut River near Bellow's Falls and Plainfield on 
January 9th.



An AMERICAN KESTREL was seen on the east side of Route 9 just north of 
Hannaford's in Keene on January 9th, and one was seen in Hampton on January 
10th.



A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was seen in Nashua on January 8th.



A WINTER WREN was seen again in the Southwest Park in Nashua on January 8th.



A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was seen at the Fransted Campground on Profile 
Road in Franconia on January 4th.



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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