This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, January 9th,
2023. 

A WESTERN TANAGER was found foraging on fruiting trees, shrubs, and vines
along Ocean Road, west of Route 33, in Greenland on December 17th and has
continued to be seen there. It was last reported on January 8th. Park at
McDonald’s and walk on the road. Please respect privacy.

A MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD has been seen associating with a flock of about 25
EASTERN BLUEBIRDS mainly in a wetland thicket adjacent to a field along the
William Furber Ferry Way Trail at Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge in
Newington during the past week, and was last reported on January 8th. It
has also been seen a few times in the former weapons storage area far from
the edge of the chain-link fence - a scope is needed to get a good view. 

A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at the Ines and Fredrick Yeatts Wildlife
Sanctuary in Warren on January 8th, and 1 was seen in the former weapons
storage area in Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Newington on the 4th.

A SNOWY OWL was seen in Seabrook Marsh on January 8th.

2 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS were seen flying south in Hampton Harbor on
January 8th.

A DOVEKIE was seen along the coast on January 5th and 7th.

2 ICELAND GULLS were seen at Pickering Ponds in Rochester on January 6th.

A PINK-FOOTED GOOSE and 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were discovered
associating with a flock of up to 1,000 CANADA GEESE in fields along Route
155A in Durham during the past week and they were last reported on January
7th. The flock has also been seen in Great Bay – 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED
GEESE were seen at the Portsmouth Country Club on the 8th and these are
probably the same birds. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE and the PINK-FOOTED
GOOSE were seen back again at the Route 155A fields on the 9th. A spotting
scope is recommended.

A female KING EIDER continues to be seen just south of Odiorne Point State
Park as far as Pulpit Rocks in Rye and was last reported on January 8th.

A pair of BARROW’S GOLDENEYES was seen during the past week from Stark
Landing on the Merrimack River in Manchester and was last reported on
January 8th. An immature male BARROW’S GOLDENEYE was seen on Lake
Winnisquam at the mouth of the Winnipesauke River in Laconia on January 9th.

3 REDHEADS were seen from Osprey Cove on Great Bay in Greenland on January
9th.

6 RUDDY DUCKS were seen at Cobbetts Pond in Windham on January 8th, and 1
was seen at the Amoskeag Fishways in Manchester on the 7th.

A NORTHERN SHOVELER was seen at Tuscan Village in Salem on January 8th. 

An AMERICAN WIGEON was seen at Horseshoe Pond in Merrimack on January 8th.
and a pair was seen in a wetland at the end of Black Oak Drive in Hollis on
January 2nd.

3 NORTHERN PINTAILS were seen at Horseshoe Pond in Concord on January 7th,
and 1 was seen in a wetland at the end of Black Oak Drive in Hollis on the
9th.

A LONG-TAILED DUCK and a RED-BREASTED MERGANSER were seen on the
Connecticut River in Charlestown on January 9th.

6 HORNED GREBES were seen on Newfound Lake on January 9th.

An AMERICAN COOT was seen on Lake Winnisquam at the mouth of the
Winnipesauke River in Laconia on several days during the past week and was
last reported on January 9th.

Up to 3 BLACK VULTURES were seen in Exeter during the past week, and a
TURKEY VULTURE was seen in Stratham on the 8th.

A flock of 70 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS was seen at the Wilder Wildlife Management
Area in Lyme on January 7th, a flock of 30 was seen in Canaan on the 9th,
and a flock of 65 was seen in Sanbornton on the 2nd.

A flock of 20 COMMON REDPOLLS was seen in Gorham on January 5th.

A flock of 20 PINE GROSBEAKS was seen in Berlin on January 5th, a flock of
12 was seen at the Mud Pond trailhead in the Pondicherry National Wildlife
Refuge in Jefferson on the 4th, a flock of 10 was seen in Colebrook on the
7th, and 3 were seen in Stoddard on the 8th.

A flock of 45 EVENING GROSBEAKS was seen in Jefferson on January 4th, a
flock of 37 was seen in Carroll on the 7th, a flock of 18 were seen in
Hancock on the 8th, and a flock of 12 was seen in Lyme on the 7th.

5 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were reported from Conway on January 8th, and 1
was reported from Carroll on the 6th. A RED CROSSBILL was reported from
Merrimack on the 8th.

Several YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS and NORTHERN FLICKERS were reported from
multiple locations during the past week.

A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was reported from Hampton Beach State Park on January
5th, and 35 SNOW BUNTINGS and 15 HORNED LARKS were seen there on the 8th.

A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen in Greenland on January 7th 

A FOX SPARROW was seen in Pittsfield on January 7th and 8th.

2 “IPSWICH” SAVANNAH SPARROWS were reported from Hampton Beach State Park
several times during the past week.

A FIELD SPARROW was seen in Portsmouth on January 7th, a SWAMP SPARROW was
reported from Hollis on the 8th, and a CHIPPING SPARROW was seen in
Rochester on the 6th.

A PALM WARBLER was seen in Portsmouth City Park on January 7th. A PINE
WARBLER was seen in Portsmouth, and 2 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS were seen in
Canterbury, all on the 9th. 

2 FISH CROWS were reported from Bicentennial Park in Hampton on January 4th.

A RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET was seen in Haverhill on January 2nd.

2 MARSH WRENS were reported from the Hinsdale Setbacks at the Connecticut
River on January 7th.

A CAROLINA WREN was reported from Gorham on January 4th.

WINTER WRENS were reported from Newington, Rochester, Pittsfield, Hanover,
West Keene, and Westmoreland during the past week

HERMIT THRUSHES were reported from Antrim, Newington, Hillsborough,
Belmont, and Rochester during the past week.

A GRAY CATBIRD was seen in Hollis on January 7th.

A NORTHERN HARRIER and a flock of up to 90 HORNED LARKS were seen in fields
along Route 155A in Durham on January 7th.

A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was seen at Pickering Ponds in Rochester on January
6th, and 1 was seen in Epping on the 7th.

An AMERICAN KESTREL was seen in Pittsburg on January 5th.

At least 8 BALD EAGLES were seen at the Lebanon landfill on January 7th.

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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