This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Friday, January 26th, 
2007.



An adult SLATY-BACKED GULL was discovered at the Rochester Waste Water 
Treatment Plant on January 2nd, and has been seen there intermittently since 
then. It was most recently reported on the 22nd. It has been seen standing 
on the ice in the second-largest pond. A second SLATY-BACKED GULL, 
identified as a third-year bird, was last reported on January 19th. Also 
seen during the past month were a BLACK-HEADED GULL, 2 GLAUCOUS GULLS, over 
15 ICELAND GULLS, 4 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, and 2 "NELSON'S" GULLS, which 
are hybrids of HERRING and GLAUCOUS GULLS. Several BALD EAGLES frequent the 
plant area, which causes the gulls resting at the treatment plant to become 
airborne. 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.



An adult male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was seen in the vicinity of Squamscott 
Road in Stratham, together with a large group of BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDs and 
EUROPEAN STARLINGS, on January 21st.



An EARED GREBE has regularly been seen off of Seal Rocks in Rye since 
November, and was last reported on January 24th. Seal Rocks is located just 
north of Wallis Sands.



A BLACK-HEADED GULL was reported from Seal Rocks in Rye on January 21st, and 
17 PURPLE SANDPIPERS were seen at there on the 24th.



An immature male KING EIDER was seen at Bicentennial Park in Hampton on 
January 23rd.



An adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen in Newmarket on January 20th.



A NORTHERN SHRIKE continues to be seen on Martin Road in Fremont, next to 
the cemetery, and was most recently reported on January 13th.



3 Dark-morph "BLUE" SNOW GEESE were seen grazing in the fields at 
Winnicunnet High School in Hampton on January 23rd and 24th.



A lone LAPLAND LONGSPUR, 33 HORNED LARKS, and 7 SNOW BUNTINGS were reported 
from Hampton Beach State Park on January 23rd. 16 HORNED LARKS were reported 
from Ragged Neck in Rye on the 22nd.



A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER, 20 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS, and 12 PINE SISKINS 
were reported from Pondicherry Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson on January 25th. 
Moderate numbers of WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were reported from Zealand Road 
in Carroll (Twin Mountain) on the 22nd.



10 TURKEY VULTURES were seen at the end of Bass Street in Newmarket on 
January 23rd. A single TURKEY VULTURE was seen flying north of Rochester on 
the 22nd.



2 male NORTHERN HARRIERS were seen in Rye along Route 1A in the marsh just 
south of Rye Harbor on January 22nd. A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was reported from 
the coast on the 23rd, but no further information was provided.



2 CHIPPING SPARROWS were seen at a feeder on Pickering Road in Rochester on 
January 20th.



A HERMIT THRUSH was reported from Strafford, a NORTHERN FLICKER was seen in 
Newmarket, and a RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD was reported from Derry, all on 
January 20th.



4 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS were seen at the Exeter Waste Water Treatment Plant on 
January 24th.



A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER and a CAROLINA WREN were reported from Manchester 
on January 22nd.



A BALD EAGLE was seen in Conway on January 23rd.



A COMMON RAVEN was seen on Salmon Street in Newmarket on January 21st.



This message is also available by phone recording: call 224-9900 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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