This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, January 31st, 
2008.



A EURASIAN WIGEON, a CANVASBACK, and a GADWALL were seen on Great Bay on 
January 26th. 6 BALD EAGLES were seen feeding together on a carcass on the 
ice on Great Bay on January 28th. A RING-NECKED DUCK was seen at Chapman's 
Landing in Stratham on January 26th.



A THICK-BILLED MURRE was seen from Pulpit Rocks in Rye, and several BLACK 
GUILLEMOTS and RAZORBILLS were seen along the coast, all on January 26th.



A female KING EIDER continues to be seen off of North Side Park in Hampton, 
and was last reported on January 26th.



A female BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was seen just north of Wallis Sands in Rye, and 
a pair was seen from Great Boar's Head in Hampton, all on January 26th.



A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen near Sunset Farm in Greenland, and one was seen 
in Seabrook, both on January 26th.



A BLACK-HEADED GULL, 20 ICELAND GULLS, 7 GLAUCOUS GULLS, 3 LESSER 
BLACK-BACKED GULLS, a NELSON'S GULL which is a hybrid between a GLAUCOUS and 
a HERRING GULL, a BALD EAGLE, a female NORTHERN PINTAIL, and a NORTHERN 
SHRIKE were all reported by several visitors to the Rochester Wastewater 
Treatment Plant and Pickering Ponds since January 24th. 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 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was reported from the Newmarket Town Landing on 
the Lamprey River, and an ICELAND GULL was seen in Hampton Harbor, both on 
January 26th.



A HOARY REDPOLL continues to be seen at a feeder in Newmarket, and was last 
reported on January 26th. 2 HOARY REDPOLLS were seen at feeders on Diamond 
Ledge Road in Sandwich on the 27th, and 3 were seen visiting feeders in 
Strafford on January 27th. These birds were all seen with flocks of COMMON 
REDPOLLS.



COMMON REDPOLL sightings during the past week included 230 on Diamond Ledge 
Road in Sandwich on January 27th, 100 in Strafford on the 27th, 100 in 
Jefferson on the 28th, and smaller numbers from scattered locations.



Over 200 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen near 245 Ridge Road in New Durham, and 
20 were seen at the Rocks Estate in Bethlehem, all on January 29th. There is 
still a flock of at least 100 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS being seen on the Plymouth 
State University Campus and these were last reported on the 29th. A mixed 
flock of over 800 mostly CEDAR WAXWINGS with some BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS and 
AMERICAN ROBINS mixed-in was seen near the corner of Chesley and Pleasant 
Street in Concord on January 24th. A flock of a similar composition of about 
200 birds was seen on the corner of Manchester Street and Black Hill Road in 
Concord on January 26th.



PINE GROSBEAK reports seemed to have decreased from the previous week, with 
mainly small flocks of less than 10 individuals reported from scattered 
locations throughout the state during the past week.



There were 25 EVENING GROSBEAKS reported from Jefferson on January 28th.



NORTHERN SHRIKE sightings during the past week included single birds in 
Hanover, Farmington, Greenland, Rye, Stratham, Rochester, Hinsdale, 
Manchester, and Strafford.



A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen in Hampton on January 26th.



252 COMMON GOLDENEYES, 99 HOODED MERGANSERS, 37 COMMON MERGANSERS, 60 
AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, and a NORTHERN SHRIKE were seen on the Connecticut 
River in Hinsdale on January 30th.



An immature BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen from the Portsmouth Fish Pier 
on January 26th.



A YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was seen in East Kingston on January 26th.



46 COMMON RAVENS were reported from Robbins Ridge in Chatham on January 
28th, and over 600 AMERICAN CROWS were reported from the parking lot of the 
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Hanover on January 24th.



Observers counted 67 BALD EAGLES in New Hampshire during a two-week period 
in mid-January as part of the 2008 National Mid-winter Bald Eagle Survey.



During the past week there have been several reports of NORTHERN SAW-WHET 
OWL, EASTERN SCREECH-OWL, and GREAT-HORNED OWL, as well as many reports of 
BARRED OWL. Many of the BARRED OWL sightings are from during the day, and 
are probably migrants from Canada moving south in search of food. Apparently 
the rodent population has crashed where these birds normally live.



This message is also available by phone recording: call 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 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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