This is New Hampshire Audubon’s Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, February 26th,
2013.
An immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER has been coming to a birdfeeder on Grafton
Road in Alexandria since December 13th, and was last reported on February
26th.
A first-winter male KING EIDER was seen from Seabrook Beach on February
20th.
2 BARROW'S GOLDENEYES and 5 CANVASBACKS were seen on Great Bay on February
22nd, and 14 RUDDY DUCKS were seen on Great Bay on the 26th.
A male BARROW’S GOLDENEYE and 2 LONG-TAILED DUCKS were seen on the
Connecticut River in Hinsdale on February 24th.
A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen on South Road in East Kingston on
February 23rd.
A GLAUCOUS GULL continues to be seen in the Seabrook side of Hampton Harbor
and was last reported on February 23rd.
An ICELAND GULL was seen at Rockingham Park in Salem on February 22nd, and 1
was seen in Field’s Grove in Nashua on the 25th.
A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen in Wolfboro on February 24th, and 1 was seen in
Lyme on the 23rd.
A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, 450 SNOW BUNTINGS and 200 HORNED LARKS were reported
from Charlestown on February 26th.
A flock of 8 SNOW BUNTINGS was reported from Rochester on February 19th.
Flocks of HORNED LARKS were reported from Walpole, Nashua, and Concord
during the past week.
3 PINE GROSBEAKS and 3 GRAY JAYS were seen on Chickwolnepy Road in Milan on
February 26th.
4 PINE GROSBEAKS were seen feeding on the crabapple trees in front of the
Daniel Webster College Aviation Center in Nashua on February 20th, and a
flock of 6 PINE GROSBEAKS was seen on Clinton Street in Concord on February
26th.
A flock of 25 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS was reported from Conway on February 25th.
COMMON REDPOLL sightings during the past week included a flock of 18 in
Alexandria, a flock of 70 in Hampton, a flock of 65 in Westmoreland, and
flocks of 50 and 20 in Milan.
A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was reported from on the Bridle Path Trail, just
below Middle Falls in Bretton Woods in Crawford Notch on February 20th.
A BRANT, 2 NORTHERN GANNETS, 8 RAZORBILLS and 2 BLACK GUILLEMOTS were
reported from the coast on February 23rd.
2-pairs of GADWALL continue to be seen at Field’s Grove in Nashua and were
last reported on February 23rd, and a NORTHERN PINTAIL was seen again in
Salem on the February 20th.
An AMERICAN COOT was seen in Wolfeboro Bay in Lake Winnipesaukee on February
21st.
9 PURPLE SANDPIPERS were seen on the coast in Hampton on February 20th.
7 AMERICAN PIPITS were seen at Ragged Neck in Rye on February 23rd.
A PINE WARBLER and a RUSTY BLACKBIRD were reported from Kensington on
February 25th, and a flock of 5 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS was reported from
Charlestown on the 26th.
A MERLIN was seen at Horseshoe Pond in Concord on February 23rd and 25th,
and 1 was seen in Greenland on the 23rd.
4 PEREGRINE FALCONS were reported from Nashua on February 22nd, and 1 was
seen in Hampton on the 23rd.
A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was reported from Salem on February 25th.
TURKEY VULTURE sightings during the past week included 16 in Exeter on
February 21st, and 1 in Salem on the 20th.
A RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, and an EASTERN TOWHEE were
seen in Greenland on February 22nd, and a FOX SPARROW was seen in Stratham
on the 26th.
A HERMIT THRUSH was reported from Henniker on February 25th.
11 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS were reported from Iron Works Road in Concord on
February 20th.
There were several sightings of small flocks of RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS during
the past week.
This message is also available by phone recording: call (603) 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
recording or send your sightings to the RBA via e-mail at:
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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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