This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, February 19th, 
2018.



A SANDHILL CRANE continues to be seen in Rollinsford, and was last reported 
from near Main Street on February 17th.



A SNOWY OWL was seen near Rye Harbor State Park, and 1 was seen at Pulpit 
Rocks in Rye, both on February 17th. A SNOWY OWL was reported from Hampton 
Harbor on the 16th, and 1 was photographed in Penacook on the 19th.



A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK continues to be seen at Woodmont Orchard in Hollis, and 
was last reported on February 15th. A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen along 
Pickering Road in Rochester on the 16th.



6 DOVEKIES and 7 THICK-BILLED MURRES were reported from the coast on 
February 16th and there have been a few more reports since then. A few 
RAZORBILLS and BLACK GUILLEMOTS were also seen along the coast during the 
past week.



2 EURASIAN WIGEONS were seen on Great Bay on February 12th.



2 BARROW’S GOLDENEYES continue to be seen at Stark Landing on the Merrimack 
River in Manchester, and 1 was last reported on February 18th.



A female HARLEQUIN DUCK continues to be seen in coastal Rye and was last 
reported on February 19th.



A WOOD DUCK was seen in Nashua on February 19th.



A SNOW GOOSE was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on February 14th, 
and 4 BRANT were seen in coastal North Hampton on the 17th.



A RED-THROATED LOON was seen from Hilton Park in Dover on the 16th.



An ICELAND GULL was seen in Plaistow and 1 was seen in Salem, both on 
February 15th.



A DICKCISSEL was seen along Ridgecrest Drive in Exeter on February 14th.



An “IPSWICH” SAVANNAH SPARROW was seen at Hampton Harbor on February 17th 
and 19th. Single FOX SPARROWS were seen in Deerfield, Brookline, and Dover, 
all during the past week.



A few RED CROSSBILLS were reported from Etna, Lempster, Hancock, Bennington, 
Sunapee, Hillsborough, Cornish, and Cambridge during the past week.



 A few WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were reported from Lempster, Sandwich, 
Bethlehem, and Errol during the past week.



A RUSTY BLACKBIRD was seen in Gilsum on February 16th.



A HERMIT THRUSH was seen in Rye on February 19th.



A few TURKEY VULTURES were seen in southern counties during the past week.



An AMERICAN KESTREL was reported from Hampton Falls on February 17th, and 
MERLINS were reported from Nashua, Keene, and Lebanon during the past week. 
A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was seen in Rochester, 1 was seen in Atkinson, and a 
NORTHERN HARRIER was seen at the coast, all during the past week.



A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was seen at the Pondicherry National Wildlife 
Refuge in Jefferson on February 17th.



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press 4 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 
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web site, www.nhaudubon.org


Thanks very much and good birding.


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