This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, January 27th, 2010. A THICK-BILLED MURRE was seen at the south end of Jenness Beach in Rye on January 23rd. A female BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was seen close to shore just south of Concord Point in Rye on January 23rd. 2 pairs of GADWALLS were seen in South Mill Pond in Portsmouth on January 23rd, and a female AMERICAN WIGEON was seen in Sagamore Creek, also on the 23rd. A male NORTHERN PINTAIL was seen in the Seabrook Duck Pond on January 24th. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Bow Bog Road in Bow on January 22nd. A gray-morph EASTERN SCREECH-OWL has been seen regularly along Route 1A in Rye, roosting in a tree about 100-yards north of the entrance to Odiorne Point State Park, and was last reported on January 23rd. A GLAUCOUS GULL was again seen in the vicinity of the Yankee Fisherman's Coop in Seabrook on January 24th. An ICELAND GULL was seen in Rye Harbor on January 24th, and an ICELAND GULL that was first reported at the Derry Wastewater Treatment Plant on the 20th, has been seen several times since then and was last reported on the 26th. The treatment plant is closed Sunday and Monday and if you visit, please check in at the office. A BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was seen from Great Boar's Head in Hampton on January 24th. 30 PURPLE SANDPIPERS were reported from Wallis Sands in Rye on January 27th. A "SOOTY" FOX SPARROW, a subspecies normally occurring near the Pacific coast, is being regularly seen at a private home in Barrington, and was last reported on January 24th. 40 SNOW BUNTINGS were seen at the UNH Dairy Farm fields on January 25th, and10 SNOW BUNTINGS and 19 HORNED LARKS were seen in fields at Chickering Farm in Westmoreland on January 23rd. A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen in Portsmouth on January 23rd, one was seen on the water tower in Hampton on the 24th, and one was seen on a church steeple in Concord on the 27th. An AMERICAN KESTREL was seen behind the Target store in Keene on January 21st. A pair of BALD EAGLES was reported from Plainfield on January 24th. A male BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was seen on the Little Cherry Pond Trail at the Pondicherry National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson on January 21st. A RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET was seen at a feeder in Concord on January 21st. 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. **************************************************************** To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Web based archives and subscription management are available at: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html ****************************************************************