This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, December 1st, 
2009.



A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was discovered in North Hampton on November 
7th, and was most recently seen in the fields east of Runnymede Farm on 
Route 111 on the 28th.



A EURASIAN WIGEON continues to be seen on Great Bay and was last reported on 
November 26th. Also present on the bay during the past week were 30 AMERICAN 
WIGEON, a RED-NECKED GREBE, and over 500 GREATER SCAUP.



A DICKCISSEL was again seen along River Road in Walpole close to the 
Westmoreland town line. It was associating with several AMERICAN TREE 
SPARROWS.



An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen off of Route 111 at the Little River 
Saltmarsh overlook in North Hampton, and a PALM WARBLER and 4 YELLOW-RUMPED 
WARBLERS were seen at the Hampton Wastewater Treatment Plant, all on 
November 29th.



A hiker on the Caps Ridge Trail off of Jefferson Notch Road saw 32 BOHEMIAN 
WAXWINGS, 2 GRAY JAYS, and 2 BOREAL CHICKADEES on November 26th.



A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen in the Hampton Harbor public parking area located 
in Seabrook on November 28th, and a different GLAUCOUS GULL was seen near 
the same location on the 29th.



A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 6 ICELAND GULLS, and a possible THAYER'S GULL 
were seen at the Rochester Wastewater Treatment Plant on November 30th. 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 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was seen off of Seabrook Beach on November 28th, 
and one was seen off of Little Boar's Head in North Hampton on the 29th.



Several NORTHERN GANNETS were seen quite close in along the coast on 
November 28th.



58 LESSER SCAUP were reported from the Exeter Wastewater Treatment Plant on 
November 28th, and an ICELAND GULL was seen here on the 29th.



A BLACK GUILLEMOT was seen off of Little Boar's Head on November 29th



A PIED-BILLED GREBE was seen on Powwow Pond in Kingston on December 1st, and 
one was seen in Eel Pond in Rye on November 29th.



3 BALD EAGLES were seen by hawk-watchers on Pitcher Mountain in Stoddard on 
November 29th.



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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