This is New Hampshire Audubon’s Rare Bird Alert for Monday, February 10, 2025.

A HARRIS’ SPARROW was found at the New Hampshire Fish & Game Bellamy River Wildlife Management Area in Dover on January 13th. It was first seen next to the entrance road and then across the street on the ground below a birdfeeder in the front yard of a private residence and was last reported on February 9th. Please view the feeders from the road and stay off the private property.

A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen along Dartmouth College Highway in Haverhill on February 8th, and 1 was seen along Route 16 in Dover on the 5th.

A SNOWY OWL was seen at Hampton Beach State Park on February 8th.

A THICK-BILLED MURRE was seen from Great Boar’s Head in Hampton on February 8th, and a DOVEKIE was seen at Bicentennial Park in Hampton on the 7th.

A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at Sawyer’s Beach in Rye on February 6th.

A BARROW’S GOLDENEYE was seen at the Eliot Bridge on the Salmon Falls River in Dover, 4 were seen from south of the Sewall’s Falls Road bridge on the Merrimack River in Concord, and 2 were seen at Morono Park on the Merrimack River, 1 was seen at Arms Park on the Merrimack River in Manchester, and 1 was seen at Moore’s Falls Conservation Area on the Merrimack River in Litchfield, all during the past week.

3 LESSER SCAUP were seen on the Winnipesaukee River in Laconia on February 3rd.

A SURF SCOTER was seen at Hilton Park at Dover Point on February 3rd.

A BUFFLEHEAD was seen on the Merrimack River in Manchester on February 8th, and 1 was seen at the Moore’s Falls Conservation Area on the Merrimack River in Litchfield on the 3rd.

A RED-THROATED LOON was seen on Great Bay from Adams Point in Durham on February 8th.

An AMERICAN BITTERN was found at Meadow Pond in Hampton on January 23rd, continued to be seen NH during the past week, and was last reported on February 4th.

A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at Sip Pond in Fitzwilliam on February 8th.

7 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen along South Mountain Drive in Lincoln on February 8th.

A flock of 10 EVENING GROSBEAKS was seen along Akers Pond Road in Errol on February 8th.

6 AMERICAN PIPITS and a PALM WARBLER were seen at Plaice Cove in Hampton on several days during the past week.

A female ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK was seen at 512 Broad Street in Portsmouth on February 9th.

An EASTERN TOWHEE was seen on Crestwood Drive in Concord on February 9th.

27 FISH CROWS were reported from Tuscan Village in Salem on February 8th, 2 were reported from Portsmouth on the 8th, 1 was reported from Manchester on the 8th, and 1 was reported from Laconia on the 3rd.

Lingering species reported during the past week included: AMERICAN KESTREL, NORTHERN HARRIER, MERLIN, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, NORTHERN FLICKER, CAROLINA WREN, WINTER WREN, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, HERMIT THRUSH, EASTERN TOWHEE, SONG SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW, CHIPPING SPARROW, FOX SPARROW, and FIELD SPARROW.

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Thanks very much and good birding.