This is New Hampshire Audubon’s Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014. At least 7 SNOWY OWLS continued to be reported in New Hampshire during the past week including 1 along the coast in Rye, 1 in New Castle, 2 at Pease International Tradeport, and 3 in the Hampton and Seabrook marsh areas. There was an unconfirmed report of a SNOWY OWL in Concord on January 21st. A THICK-BILLED MURRE was seen at North Hampton Beach on January 18th and 20th. A BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was seen off of Hampton Beach State Park on January 20th. A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at Hampton Harbor on January 20th, and 1 was seen on Hampton Beach on the 19th. 4 ICELAND GULLS were seen along the coast on January 18th. A male BARROW’S GOLDENEYE and a possible female were seen from Stark Landing along the Merrimack River in Manchester on January 18th. 3 GADWALLS were seen in the coastal marsh located south of Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on January 20th. At least 1 BOHEMIAN WAXWING was seen with a flock of over 300 CEDAR WAXWINGS near the Airport Country Store and Deli in Gilford on January 16th. 4 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen on the Route 1A median north of Great Boar's Head in Hampton on January 20th, and 2 were seen at Hampton Beach State Park on January 19th. A flock of 60 SNOW BUNTINGS was seen in Portsmouth on January 20th. A flock of 37 PURPLE SANDPIPERS was seen in Rye Harbor, and a flock of 10 was seen at Hampton Beach State Park, all on January 20th A PEREGRINE FALCON was reported from the Notre Dame bridge in Manchester on January 22nd, and there was an unconfirmed report of a GYRFALCON in Hudson on January 19th and 20th. A PINE WARBLER was seen visiting a birdfeeder in Brentwood on January 19th. A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was seen in Alstead, and 1 was seen in Hampton, both on January 18th. A HERMIT THRUSH was seen in Portsmouth on January 19th. A flock of 17 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS was seen in Nashua on January 19th. 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: [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. **************************************************************** To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Web based archives and subscription management are available at: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html ****************************************************************