This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, January 24th, 
2008.



A possible GYRFALCON was seen in Manchester on January 23rd, and birders are 
encouraged to search for this rare visitor. It was seen from Route 293, near 
on-going construction located between Exit 4 and Exit 5. Please report any 
sightings of this bird.



A female KING EIDER continues to be seen off of North Side Park in Hampton, 
and was last reported on January 19th.



A female BARROW'S GOLDENEYE and 127 COMMON GOLDENEYES were seen on the 
Merrimack River at Sewall's Falls Bridge in Concord on January 15th.



A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen near the runways at the Pease International 
Tradeport on January 21st.



A BLACK-HEADED GULL, 3 ICELAND GULLS, 3 GLAUCOUS GULLS, 2 LESSER 
BLACK-BACKED GULLS, 2 BALD EAGLES, a NORTHERN SHOVELER, and 2 NORTHERN 
PINTAILS were all reported by multiple visitors to the Rochester Wastewater 
Treatment Plant and Pickering Ponds since January 17th. 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 on January 20th, and 2 ICELAND GULLS were seen in Hampton 
Harbor on January 18th.



A WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL was seen and photographed in Newton on January 
20th, and 3 RED CROSSBILLS were reported from Peterborough on the 21st.



At least 2 HOARY REDPOLLS were seen in Newmarket on January 23rd, 3 HOARY 
REDPOLLS were seen on Diamond Ledge Road in Sandwich on the 22nd, and a 
HOARY REDPOLL was seen in Brentwood along Route 125 on January 19th. These 
birds were all seen together with flocks of COMMON REDPOLLS.



COMMON REDPOLL sightings during the past week included 200 on Diamond Ledge 
Road in Sandwich on January 22nd, 70 in Strafford on the 21st, 50 in 
Deerfield on the 20th, 60 in Etna on the 20th, and smaller numbers from 
scattered locations.



BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS seem to be moving farther south with sightings during the 
past week coming from Sixth Street in Dover, the Southern New Hampshire 
University Campus in Manchester, Concord, and Caverly Hill Road in 
Strafford. These birds are usually in mixed flocks with CEDAR WAXWINGS, and 
feeding at ornamental fruit trees. There is still a flock of at least 50 
BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS being seen on the Plymouth State University Campus and 
these were last reported on January 18th.



Many PINE GROSBEAKS sightings were reported during the past week including a 
flock of over 100 at the intersection of Ridge Road and Ridge Top Road in 
New Durham, and smaller groups of 1 to 20 birds from Northwood, Plymouth, 
Epsom, Exeter, Walpole, Henniker, Stratham, Keene, Lebanon, and Dover.



There were 6 EVENING GROSBEAKS seen in Nottingham on January 22nd, and 30 
were reported from Jefferson on the 21st.



NORTHERN SHRIKE sightings during the past week included single birds in 
Dover, Hinsdale, Jefferson, Sandwich, Chatham, Greenland, Lebanon, and 
Deerfield.



A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen in Concord on January 23rd, and a MERLIN was 
seen in Munsonville on the 22nd.



12 SNOW BUNTINGS were reported from the Industrial Park in Littleton on 
January 22nd, and over 50 SNOW BUNTINGS were seen on Route 202 in Antrim 
near the Deering airstrip on January 18th.



169 COMMON GOLDENEYES, 44 HOODED MERGANSERS, 16 COMMON MERGANSERS, and 6 
AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS were seen on the Connecticut River in Hinsdale on 
January 19th. A NORTHERN SHOVELER and a NORTHERN SHRIKE were seen here on 
the 18th.



An immature BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen from the Portsmouth Fish Pier 
on January 18th.



36 COMMON RAVENS were seen on Robbins Ridge in Chatham on January 23rd.



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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