This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Friday, January 5th, 
2007.



A possible SLATY-BACKED GULL was seen at the Rochester Waste Water Treatment 
Plant on January 2nd, and again on the 3rd and 4th. It has been seen 
standing on the ice in the second-largest pond. Also seen during the past 
few days were a BLACK-HEADED GULL, a GLAUCOUS GULL, 9 ICELAND GULLS, 5 
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, and thousands of HERRING, GREAT BLACK-BACKED, and 
RING-BILLED GULLS. Also seen was a "NELSON'S GULL", a hybrid of a HERRING 
and GLAUCOUS GULL. Several BALD EAGLES have been seen flying near the plant, 
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 EARED GREBE was discovered off of Seal Rocks on November 30th and has 
regularly been seen in that area since then. It was last reported on January 
4th. Seal Rocks is located just north of Wallis Sands, in Rye.



A BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen off of Seal Rocks in Rye on January 4th. 12 
PURPLE SANDPIPERS were also present on the rocks.



A female BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was seen on January 3rd at Bicentennial Park in 
Hampton, and another one was seen on December 30th on Lake Winnisquam.



A DOVEKIE was seen on the coast, near the town line between North Hampton 
and Rye on December 29th, but has not been relocated since then.



6 RAZORBILLS and a possible THICK-BILLED MURRE were seen from Odiorne Point 
State Park in Rye on January 3rd.



A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at Frost Point at Odiorne Point State 
Park in Rye on January 2nd.



A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at the Whitefield Airport on January 1st.



An AMERICAN BITTERN was seen in Henry's Pool in Hampton Marsh on January 
2nd.



Single TURKEY VULTURES were reported from Durham and Nashua on January 4th. 
14 TURKEY VULTURES were seen in downtown Newmarket on January 1st.



Highlights of the Nashua/Hollis Christmas Bird Count held on December 30th, 
included a PINE WARBLER seen in Greeley Park in Nashua, an EASTERN SCREECH 
OWL heard just south of the intersection of Christian Hill Road and Route 13 
in Amherst, 2 WINTER WRENS seen in Milford, near the Fish Hatchery on North 
River Road, and 4 SAVANNAH SPARROWS near Elm Street in Milford.



A NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL, 17 BOREAL CHICKADEES, a SNOW BUNTING, and 7 COMMON 
LOONS were among the highlights of the Sandwich Christmas Bird Count held on 
December 30th.



A BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, 3 
CAROLINA WRENS, 111 WILD TURKEYS, 159 HOODED MERGANSERS, and 500 COMMON 
MERGANSERS were among the highlights of the Laconia Christmas Bird Count 
held on December 30th.



2 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS and a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER were seen at the 
Pondicherry National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson on January 4th.



A FOX SPARROW was seen in Rochester on January 1st.



A WINTER WREN was seen on January 3rd in Rumney.



2 CAROLINA WRENS were seen in North Hampton on December 31st.



200 CEDAR WAXWINGS were seen in Durham on the UNH Campus on December 31st.



An estimated 8,000 to 10,000 AMERICAN ROBINS have been observed nightly, 
coming to a roost site viewable from Chapman's Landing located off of Route 
108 in Stratham, next to the Squamscott River.



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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