This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, February 8th, 
2016.



A BLACK VULTURE was seen roosting atop the Lincoln Street School in Exeter 
on February 2nd and 3rd. A few TURKEY VULTURES were reported from Newmarket, 
Exeter, Madbury, and Grafton during the past week.



A THICK-BILLED MURRE was seen along the coast in Rye on February 2nd, 1 was 
seen along the coast in Seabrook on the 3rd, 1 was seen in Hampton Harbor on 
the 6th, and 1 was reported from off of Hampton Beach State Park on the 7th.



69 RAZORBILLS, a BLACK GUILLEMOT, and an ICELAND GULL were tallied off of 
Seabrook Beach on February 2nd. 2 RAZORBILLS were seen along the coast in 
Rye on February 4th.



210 RAZORBILLS, 9 BLACK GUILLEMOTS, and 45 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES were 
reported from the coast on February 7th.



A GLAUCOUS GULL continues to be seen at the Seabrook side of Hampton Harbor, 
and was last reported on February 6th.



8 PURPLE SANDPIPERS were reported from coastal Rye on February 6th.



A male BARROW’S GOLDENEYE was seen at Bragg’s Bay on the Androscoggin River 
on February 7th.



A REDHEAD and 2 GADWALL were seen on Great Bay on February 6th.



A male NORTHERN PINTAIL was seen in Hudson on February 4th, and 1 was seen 
at the Exeter Wastewater Treatment Plant on the 7th.



A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at the Strafford County Farm in Dover near the 
Humane Society offices on February 4th.



2 PINE GROSBEAKS were reported from Gorham on February 2nd.



4 PINE GROSBEAKS, 11 RED CROSSBILLS, 10 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS, 4 COMMON 
REDPOLLS, and a BOREAL CHICKADEE were seen in Pittsburg on February 7th.



6 COMMON REDPOLLS were seen in Spofford on February 4th, and 2 were seen in 
Gorham on the 2nd.



A flock of 40 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS was seen in Bartlett on February 6th, and a 
flock of 77 was reported from Jackson on the 7th. Flocks totaling over 2,000 
BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen in Gorham and Berlin on the 7th.



140 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS, 10 CEDAR WAXWINGS, and an EVENING GROSBEAK were seen 
along Route 3 near the state liquor store in Whitefield on February 5th.



A male BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER, more that 10 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS, 2 RED 
CROSSBILLS, numerous PINE SISKINS, and 4 PURPLE FINCHES were seen at the 
Trudeau Road trails in Bethlehem on February 6th. 2 BOREAL CHICKADEES were 
seen here on the 4th.



21 EVENING GROSBEAKS, 2 RED CROSSBILLS, a female BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER, 4 
PURPLE FINCHES, and 13 PINE SISKINS were seen along Chickwolnepy Road in 
Milan on February 6th. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen here on the 4th, and an 
estimated 100 EVENING GROSBEAKS was seen here on the 7th.



18 RED CROSSBILLS were tallied along Route 16 between the Pontook Reservoir 
in Dummer and the Maine state line on February 7th, and 3 more were seen 
along Route 113 in Chatham near the Maine state line on the 8th.



4 SNOW BUNTINGS were reported from Hampton Beach State Park on February 6th.



A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen in Hampton on February 6th, a MERLIN was seen in 
Greenland on the 6th, a NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen in Lebanon on the 7th, and 
a NORTHERN HARRIER was seen in Rye and Portsmouth on the 4th.



A NASHVILLE WARBLER was seen and photographed visiting a suet birdfeeder at 
a private residence in Brookline on February 7th.



A PINE WARBLER was seen in Hollis on February 4th, and 2 YELLOW-RUMPED 
WARBLERS were seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on the 6th.



An EASTERN PHOEBE was seen in Hollis on February 7th.



A RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET was seen in Rye on February 3rd.



An EASTERN TOWHEE was seen in Concord on February 7th.



A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen in Greenland on February 6th.



A BELTED KINGFISHER was seen at Lake Sunapee, and 1 was seen in Nashua, both 
during the past week.



There were several reports of resident owl species during the past week 
including BARRED OWL, GREAT HORNED OWL, EASTERN SCREECH-OWL, and NORTHERN 
SAW-WHET OWL.



Additional lingering species that normally would have migrated south by now 
but were reported during the past week include: NORTHERN FLICKER, SWAMP 
SPARROW, COMMON GRACKLE, BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD, and RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD.



This message is also available by phone recording: call (603) 224-9909 and 
press 4 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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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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