This is New Hampshire Audubon’s Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, March 6th, 
2013.



A first-winter male KING EIDER was seen from Seabrook Beach near the Hampton 
Harbor inlet on March 3rd.



A pair of BARROW’S GOLDENEYES, and a BLACK-HEADED GULL were reported from 
the Merrimack River in Manchester near 250 Commercial Street on March 5th.



4 CANVASBACKS were seen on Great Bay on March 3rd, and a REDHEAD and a 
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE were seen on Great Bay on March 2nd.



2 RAZORBILLS and a BLACK GUILLEMOT were seen along the coast on March 2nd.



2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were seen at Bodwell Farm in East Kingston on 
March 3rd.



A GLAUCOUS GULL continues to be seen in the Seabrook side of Hampton Harbor 
and was last reported on March 3rd.



An ICELAND GULL was seen at Rockingham Park in Salem on March 3rd, 1 was 
seen at Eel Pond in Rye on March 2nd, and 1 was seen at the Exeter 
Wastewater Treatment Plant on February 28th.



An immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER has been coming to a birdfeeder on Grafton 
Road in Alexandria since December 13th, but has not been reported since 
February 26th.



A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen off of River Road in Stratham on March 3rd.



A HOARY REDPOLL was seen off of River Road in Stratham on March 3rd.



COMMON REDPOLL sightings during the past week included a flock of 25 in 
Nashua on March 5th, a flock of 60 was seen in Jefferson on the 4th, a flock 
of 18 in Nashua on the 4th, and a flock of 100 along River Road in Stratham 
on the 3rd.



30 PINE GROSBEAKS were seen in trees in the parking lot at Trader Joe’s in 
Nashua on March 5th, 5 were seen in front of the Salem High School on the 
3rd, 8 were seen in front of the Texas Roadhouse on Route 101 in Nashua on 
the 3rd, a flock of 11 was reported from Center Ossipee on February 28th, 
and a flock of 9 was seen in Hanover on February 26th.



A flock of 12 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS was reported from Lyme on March 3rd, a flock 
of 75 was seen in Chocorua Village on the 2nd, and a flock of 13 was seen 
along Route 16 in Ossipee on February 28th.



11 SNOW BUNTINGS and 9 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS were seen at the Bow High School 
grounds on March 4th.



A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen in Concord on March 5th, 1 was seen in Newington 
on March 5th, and a pair was seen at the Route 95 bridge in Portsmouth on 
the 1st.



A SPRUCE GROUSE was seen along Greenough Pond Road near Route 16 in Errol on 
February 28th.



A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was seen at the Pondicherry National Wildlife 
Refuge in Jefferson on March 4th, and 1 was seen on the Liberty Springs 
Trail in Franconia Notch on March 3rd.



8 BOREAL CHICKADEES were seen on the Liberty Springs Trail in Franconia 
Notch on March 3rd.



An AMERICAN WOODCOCK was seen in Hampton on March 2nd.



3 KILLDEER were seen in Dover, and 1 was seen in Walpole, all on March 3rd, 
4 were seen in East Kingston on the 2nd, 2 were seen in Exeter on the 2nd, 
and 1 was seen at East Kingston on February 28th.



There were several RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, and TURKEY VULTURE sightings during 
the past week.



A FISH CROW was reported from Salem on March 6th.



A PINE WARBLER, first seen in Newmarket in late December, continues to visit 
a birdfeeder there regularly.



There were several sightings of small flocks of RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS during 
the past week.



There was an unconfirmed report of an ATLANTIC PUFFIN seen in the 
Connecticut River near Walpole on March 1st. Birders should watch for this 
rare possibility.



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.