This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, February 7th, 
2008.



A possible WOOD STORK was reported from Webster Lake in Franklin on February 
3rd but has not been relocated. Birders are encouraged to look for this rare 
vagrant.



A light-morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen at Moore Fields on Route 155A in 
Durham on February 3rd.



A female KING EIDER continues to be seen off of North Side Park in Hampton, 
and was last reported on February 3rd.



6 BLACK GUILLEMOTS and 5 RAZORBILLS were reported from along the coast on 
February 3rd.



A BLACK-HEADED GULL, and several ICELAND and GLAUCOUS GULLS continue to be 
reported from the Rochester Wastewater Treatment Plant. 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 seen at Frost Point at Odiorne Point State 
Park in Rye on February 3rd.



2 HOARY REDPOLLS continue to be seen at feeders in Strafford, and were last 
reported on February 2nd. These birds were in a flock of COMMON REDPOLLS.



COMMON REDPOLL sightings during the past week included a flock of 130 in 
Jefferson, a flock of 120 in Chichester, a flock of 150 in Deerfield, and a 
flock of 100 in Chester, with smaller numbers reported from scattered 
locations



BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS continue to be seen in good numbers from throughout the 
state wherever there are fruit trees with uneaten fruit. They are sometimes 
seen in mixed flocks together with CEDAR WAXWINGS.



PINE GROSBEAK reports continue to come in, with mainly small flocks of less 
than 10 individuals reported from scattered locations throughout the state 
during the past week.



There were 25 EVENING GROSBEAKS reported from Jefferson on February 6th.



NORTHERN SHRIKE sightings during the past week included single birds in 
Clarksville, Sugar Hill, Rochester, Merrimack, Hampton, Hinsdale, 
Munsonville, and Barnstead.



A GREATER SCAUP, 5 NORTHERN PINTAILS, 61 COMMON GOLDENEYES, 70 HOODED 
MERGANSERS, 40 COMMON MERGANSERS were seen in the Connecticut River in 
Hinsdale on February 3rd.



A LESSER SCAUP was seen from Pulpit Rocks in Rye on January 23rd.



A TURKEY VULTURE was seen in Auburn on February 2nd.



During the past week there have been several reports of BARRED OWLS. Many of 
these sightings are from during the day, and are probably migrants from 
Canada moving south in search of food. Apparently the rodent population has 
crashed where these birds normally live.



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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