This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, February 5th, 
2009.



A NORTHERN HAWK OWL was found near 181 Coe Hill Road in Center Harbor on 
January 12th, and was last reported on February 3rd. To try to see the owl 
take Coe Hill Road from Main Street near the Post Office, and follow this 
road about 1-mile. The owl has been seen in different trees mainly just past 
the house at 181. The location is on a curve on a hilly snow-covered road so 
park on a straight section of road and walk to the site. The owl has also 
been seen a few times farther along the road near the town line. A NORTHERN 
SHRIKE, and several PINE GROSBEAKS, BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS, and WHITE-WINGED 
CROSSBILLS have all been reported from the same general vicinity.



A SNOWY OWL continues to be seen in the vicinity of Ragged Neck in Rye and 
was last reported on January 31st. A SNOWY OWL was reported from Cross Beach 
Road in Rye, also on the 31st. A SNOWY OWL was seen flying over the Turnkey 
Landfill in Rochester by birders visiting the Rochester Wastewater Treatment 
Plant on February 4th.



A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was reported from Great Meadows in Charlestown on 
February 3rd.



A NORTHERN SHRIKE continues to be seen on Krif Road in Keene and was lasted 
reported on February 3rd, one was seen on Elton Lane in Hampton Falls on the 
2nd, and one was seen in Barnstead on January 31st.



A male and a female HOARY REDPOLL continue to be seen at birdfeeders on 
Diamond Ledge Road in Sandwich and were last reported on February 5th. 2 
HOARY REDPOLLS were seen with a large flock of about COMMON REDPOLLS in the 
Keene Athletic Fields near Krif Road in Keene on February 5th.  A HOARY 
REDPOLL was reported from a birdfeeder in Charlestown on February 4th.



A DOVEKIE, 4 RAZORBILLS, and 8 BLACK GUILLEMOTS were seen along the coast on 
February 1st.



A possible GLAUCOUS WINGED GULL was seen at the Rochester Wastewater 
Treatment Plant on February 2nd, but has not been reported since then. A 
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 7 ICELAND GULLS, and 9 BALD EAGLES were reported 
from here on the 4th. 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 are closed for repairs until further 
notice.



An ICELAND GULL and 2 LESSER SCAUP were seen at the Exeter Wastewater 
Treatment Plant on February 1st.



3 PINE GROSBEAKS were seen on Diamond Ledge Road in Sandwich on February 
4th, and 4 PINE GROSBEAKS were seen in fruit trees at Lowe's in North Conway 
on the 3rd.



A flock of 60 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS was seen in Barnstead on February 1st, a 
flock of 23 was seen in Keene on the 1st, a flock of 20 was seen in Center 
Harbor on January 31st, and a flock of 35 was seen in Milton on January 
30th. There have been numerous reports of smaller numbers from scattered 
locations during the past week.



A flock of over 40 EVENING GROSBEAKS continued to be seen visiting a 
birdfeeder in Jefferson during the past week, and 9 EVENING GROSBEAKS were 
seen at a feeding station on Hammond Hollow Road in Gilsum on February 2nd.



A BOREAL CHICKADEE, first located on January 3rd, was still present near the 
Kalwall
Corporation offices on 40 River Road in Bow on February 3rd.



2 male RUDDY DUCKS were reported from the Hampton area on February 5th.



A PEREGRINE FALCON was reported from Newington on January 31st. A MERLIN and 
a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK were reported from Nashua during the past week.



A CAROLINA WREN was reported from Nashua on February 4th.



A HERMIT THRUSH was reported from North Hampton on January 31st.



An EASTERN TOWHEE and a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER were reported from Nelson 
last weekend. A FOX SPARROW was seen on North Hampton on February 2nd.



A hiker on the Crawford Path in Crawford Notch reported a GRAY JAY, a 
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER,  6 BOREAL CHICKADEES, and 4 COMMON RAVENS, on 
February 3rd.



2 BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS were seen at Pondicherry National Wildlife Refuge 
in Jefferson last weekend.



There have been scattered sightings of PINE SISKINS, COMMON REDPOLLS, 
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS, SNOW BUNTINGS, RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS, EASTERN 
BLUEBIRDS, and HORNED LARKS from coastal and inland sites 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: 
[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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