This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, March 4th, 2019.



A SNOWY OWL was seen at Massacre Marsh in Rye on February 28th.



A BLACK VULTURE was seen in Westmoreland on March 1st.



A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on West Portsmouth Street in Concord on March 
2nd.



An ICELAND GULL was seen in coastal Rye on March 2nd, and a GLAUCOUS GULL 
continues to be seen at Hampton Harbor and was last reported on the 3rd.



A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, a GLAUCOUS GULL, and 3 ICELAND GULLS were seen 
at the Rochester Wastewater Treatment Plant on March 1st. 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 SNOW GOOSE was seen with a flock of CANADA GEESE in Portsmouth on March 
2nd, and a SNOW GOOSE was seen with a flock of CANADA GEESE in Greenland on 
the 3rd. 2 BRANT were seen off the coast in Rye on March 1st.



2 BARROW'S GOLDENEYES were seen north of Stark Landing on the Merrimack 
River in Manchester on March 2nd, and 1 was seen at Adam’s Point in Durham 
on March 1st. A CANVASBACK was seen on Great Bay on March 3rd.



A RED-THROATED LOON was seen at Adam’s Point in Durham, and 1 was seen on 
Little Bay in Durham, both on March 1st. 2 NORTHERN PINTAILS were seen off 
the coast of Rye on February 27th.



A RAZORBILL was seen in Portsmouth Harbor, and 3 LESSER SCAUP were seen in 
Rye Harbor, all on March 3rd.



A flock of 9 PINE GROSBEAKS was seen in Newport on March 3rd, a flock of 10 
was seen in Walpole on March 2nd, a flock of 6 was seen in West Lebanon on 
March 3rd, and a flock of 12 was seen in Plymouth on February 24th.



A flock of 67 COMMON REDPOLLS was seen in Jefferson on March 2nd, a flock of 
40 was seen in Twin Mountain on the 3rd, a flock of 13 was seen in Concord 
on the 2nd, a flock of 10 was seen in Henniker on February 27th, and there 
were small numbers reported from scattered locations during the past week.



A flock of 61 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS was reported from Hanover on March 2nd, and 
3 were seen in a flock of CEDAR WAXWINGS in West Lebanon on March 3rd.



A flock of 12 EVENING GROSBEAKS was seen in Grantham on March 3rd, a flock 
of 11 was seen in Jaffrey on the 3rd, and a flock of 42 was seen in 
Jefferson on the 4th.



4 FISH CROWS were reported from Bicentennial Park in Hampton on March 3rd.



A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was seen again in East Kingston on March 2nd.



15 TURKEY VULTURES were seen roosting at the Front Street cemetery in Exeter 
on March 3rd.



A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen in Rochester on March 1st.



A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen in Newton on February 27th, 1 was seen in 
Chatham on March 2nd, and 1 was seen in Newport on March 3rd.



A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was seen at the Pondicherry National Wildlife 
Refuge in Whitefield on March 4th, and 1 was seen at the Pondicherry 
National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson on March 2nd.



Lingering migrant species reported during the past week included: RED-WINGED 
BLACKBIRD, WINTER WREN, HERMIT THRUSH, TURKEY VULTURE, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, 
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, NORTHERN FLICKER, GRAY CATBIRD, and CHIPPING 
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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