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This is New Hampshire Audubon’s Rare Bird Alert for Monday, February 3, 2025

This is New Hampshire Audubon’s Rare Bird Alert for Monday, February 3, 2025

This is New Hampshire Audubon’s Rare Bird Alert for Monday, February 3, 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 2nd. Please view the feeders from the road and stay off the private property.

A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen near the Connecticut River in Charlestown on February 1st.

A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at Rye Harbor State Park on January 26th, and 1 was seen Great Boar’s Head in Hampton on the 22nd.

An ICELAND GULL was seen at Eel Pond in Rye on February 1st.

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, all during the past week.

A RUDDY DUCK was reported at Awcomin Marsh in Rye on January 27th.

4 LONG-TAILED DUCKS and a RED-THROATED LOON were seen on Great Bay from Adams Point in Durham on January 31st.

A GADWALL was seen at Horseshoe Pond in Merrimack on February 1st, 2025.

A NORTHERN PINTAIL was seen at the Thirty Pines area in Penacook on January 26th, 1 was seen at Gilman Park on the 26th, and 1 was seen at Newfound Lake on the 25th.

A BUFFLEHEAD was seen on the Merrimack River in Manchester on February 2nd.

A DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT was seen at Witch Island in Hampton on January 28th.

4 BLACK VULTURES were seen along Office Industrial Park Drive in Walpole on January 30th.

A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen along Jefferson Road in Whitefield on January 25th.

4 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen at Hampton Beach State Park on January 25th.

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 1st.

A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was reported from Kensington on February 1st.

A flock of 11 PINE GROSBEAKS was seen along Tilton Hill Road in Pittsfield on January 31st.

A flock of 67 Evening Grosbeaks was seen along Bailey Road in Jefferson on January 28, and a flock of 48 was seen along Reed Road in Colebrook on February 1. (Photo by Steve Mirick of a flock of Evening Grosbeaks in Carroll, NH. December 2022.)

A flock of 67 EVENING GROSBEAKS was seen along Bailey Road in Jefferson on January 28th, and a flock of 48 was seen along Reed Road in Colebrook on February 1st.2

10 BALD EAGLES were seen on Great Bay on January 28th.

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

This message is also available by phone recording: call (603) 224-9909 and press 4 as directed or ask to be transferred. To leave a message about a rare bird without listening to the recording first, press 2.

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 email. Please put either “bird sighting” or “Rare Bird Alert” in the subject line and be sure to include your mailing address and phone number.

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Thanks very much and good birding.