This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, February 25th, 
2019.



A SNOWY OWL was seen perched on a building adjacent to Hampton Beach State 
Park on February 23rd.



A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen in farm fields along South Road south of the 
elementary school in East Kingston on February 23rd, and 1 was seen at a 
private residence in Weare on the 19th.



A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen near Great Bay in Greenland on February 23rd.



A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen at the NH Audubon Thompson Wildlife Refuge in 
Sandwich on February 22nd, and a MERLIN was seen in Laconia on the 23rd.



A PEREGRINE FALCON and a NORTHERN HARRIER were seen near the coast in 
Hampton on February 23rd.



A first winter female DICKCISSEL was seen with a small flock of HOUSE 
SPARROWS in bushes at the intersection of Fair Street and Winnisquam Avenue 
in Laconia on February 23rd.



A GLAUCOUS GULL continues to be seen at Hampton Harbor and was last reported 
on February 23rd.



A GLAUCOUS GULL, and 5 ICELAND GULLS were seen at the Rochester Wastewater 
Treatment Plant on February 22nd. 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.



2 DOVEKIES, 39 COMMON MURRES, and 22 NORTHERN FULMARS were tallied in 
offshore water by birders on a boat cruise on February 23rd.



A male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was seen near the Amoskeag Fishways, and 1 was 
seen near Stark Landing, both on the Merrimack River in Manchester on 
February 23rd.A BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was seen off of Pulpit Rocks in Rye on 
February 20th.



There were a few PURPLE SANDPIPERS, and GREAT CORMORANTS reported from the 
coast during the past week.



A flock of 7 PINE GROSBEAKS was seen in Lebanon on February 22nd.



A flock of 17 COMMON REDPOLLS was seen at the NH Audubon Thompson Wildlife 
Refuge on February 22nd, and a flock of 21 was seen in Hanover Center on the 
24th.



A few BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS and EVENING GROSBEAKS were reported from scattered 
locations during the past week,



A flock of 30 SNOW BUNTINGS was seen at Hampton Beach State Park on February 
23rd, and a flock of 20 HORNED LARKS was seen in Walpole on the 23rd.



A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was seen again in East Kingston on February 23rd.



4 FISH CROWS were reported from Great Pond in Kingston on February 20th.



Lingering migrant species reported during the past week included: RED-WINGED 
BLACKBIRD, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, COMMON GRACKLE, WINTER WREN, HERMIT THRUSH, 
TURKEY VULTURE, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, NORTHERN FLICKER, GRAY CATBIRD, 
SAVANNAH SPARROW, FOX SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, and WHITE-CROWNED 
SPARROW.

This message is also available by phone recording: call (603) 224-9909 and 
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 
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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