This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, April 10th,
2023. 

SANDHILL CRANES were reported from several locations during the past week,
including: 3 in Lebanon, 1 in Haverhill, 2 in Monroe, 1 in Dalton, 1 in
Lancaster, 2 in Sandwich, and 2 in Conway. 

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE continued to be seen with a flock of CANADA
GEESE by the Malnati Farm in Walpole and was last reported on April 3rd. 

A SNOW GOOSE was seen at Lower Meadows in Charlestown on April 7th.

A male BARROW’S GOLDENEYE continues to be seen on the Androscoggin River in
Errol and was last reported on April 9th.

4 LESSER SCAUP and 2 AMERICAN WIGEONS were seen at the Center Harbor Sewage
Lagoons on April 9th.

4 GREATER SCAUP were seen on April 8th, and 3 LESSER SCAUP were seen on the
3rd, all in Great Meadows in Charlestown.

4 GADWALLS were seen at Elm Brook Park in Hopkinton on April 6th.
 
A pair of NORTHERN SHOVELERS were seen in Lebanon, and a pair was seen in
Rochester, all during the past week.

A COMMON MURRE was seen from a fishing boat located west of the Isles of
Shoals on April 4th. 

An ICELAND GULL and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were seen at Pickering Ponds
in Rochester on April 8th. 

There was an influx of BONAPARTES’S GULLS headed north on April 6th,
including: 11 on the Connecticut River in Hinsdale, 16 on the Connecticut
River in Lebanon, 5 at the MacDowell Reservoir in Peterborough, 2 at Lake
Massabesic in Auburn, and 7 at Upper Suncook Lake in Barnstead.

A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen flying over Alexandria on April 4th.

Up to 3 BLACK VULTURES were seen flying along the Connecticut River in
Charlestown and Walpole on April 5th, and 1 was seen in Milford on the 7th.

A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen in Littleton on April 9th.

A SNOWY OWL was seen in Hampton on April 3rd.

Several MERLINS were reported from the White Mountains and Great North
Woods during the past week.

8 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen in Littleton on April 9th.

30 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen visiting birdfeeders at a private residence
in Jefferson on April 6th.

A COMMON REDPOLL was seen in Wilton on April 9th.

Up to 20 RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on
several days during the past week.

Early reports of BLUE-HEADED VIREO were posted from Bedford on April 8th
and from Brookline on the 9th.

Early returning LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHES were reported from Brookline,
Wilton, Lyndeborough, and Rochester during the past week.

Several PALM WARBLERS, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, and a PINE WARBLERS were seen
during the past week.

A VESPER SPARROW was seen along Reed Road in Colebrook on April 7th and
8th., and a LINCOLN’S SPARROW was reported from Chatham on the 9th.

A flock of 12 FOX SPARROWS was seen at Murray Farm Greenhouse in Concord on
April 10th.

Early-returning BARN SWALLOWS were reported from Rochester, Dover, and
Hopkinton during the past week.

Early-returning NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS were reported from Lyme,
Concord, Brentwood, Rochester, Dover, Durham, Hampton, and Salem during the
past week. 

A HOUSE WREN was reported from Exeter on April 6th, and a MARSH WREN was
reported from Hinsdale on the 9th.

A BROWN THRASHER was seen in Durham on April 7th, and 2 were reported from
Amherst on the 10th.

6 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were seen in Keene on April 9th.

A GREATER YELLOWLEGS was seen at Elm Brook Park in Hopkinton on April 6th,
Chapman’s Landing in Stratham on the 5th, and 1 was seen at Jackson’s
Landing in Durham on the 4th.

A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was heard calling while flying north at dusk in
Hancock on April 6th.

7 GLOSSY IBIS were seen at Hampton Falls on April 7th.

An AMERICAN BITTERN was seen at NH Audubon’s Thompson Wildlife Sanctuary in
Sandwich on April 5th and 6th.

A few SNOWY EGRETS were seen along the coast during the past week.

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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