This is New Hampshire Audubon’s Rare Bird Alert for Monday, January 27, 2025.
A MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER was found at the New Hampshire Fish & Game Bellamy River Wildlife Management Area in Dover on January 12th. It has been seen and/or heard on nearly every day since then and was last reported on the 26th. The bird has mainly been seen in the fields located north of the small pond located on the trail.
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 the 26th. Please view the feeders from the road and stay off the private property.
2 DOVEKIES were seen from Rye Harbor State Park on January 25th. A few BLACK GUILLEMOTS and RAZORBILLS were also seen.
A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at Rye Harbor State Park on January 26th, and 1 was seen at Great Boar’s Head in Hampton on the 22nd.
An ICELAND GULL was seen at the Tuscan Village in Salem on January 21st.
A BARROW’S GOLDENEYE was seen at the Eliot Bridge on the Salmon Falls River in Dover, 1 was seen from the Sewall’s Falls Road bridge on the Merrimack River in Concord, 1 was on the Winnipesaukee River in Laconia, and 1 was seen from Stark Landing on the Merrimack River in Manchester, all during the past week.
A CANVASBACK, 5 LESSER SCAUP, and a GREATER SCAUP were all seen at Lake Winnisquam in Laconia on January 21st.
A RUDDY DUCK was reported from Awcomin Marsh in Rye on January 27th.
4 LONG-TAILED DUCKS were seen from Adams Point in Durham on January 23rd.
A GADWALL was seen at Horseshoe Pond in Merrimack on January 24th.
A NORTHERN PINTAIL was seen at the Thirty Pines area in Penacook on January 26th, 1 was seen at Gilman Park in Exeter on the 26th, and 1 was seen at Newfound Lake on the 25th.
3 BUFFLEHEADS were seen on the Merrimack River in Manchester on January 26th.
4 BLACK VULTURES were seen in Exeter all during the past week.
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 seen at Meadow Pond in Hampton on January 23rd-27th.
A PALM WARBLER was seen at Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge on January 22nd, and a PINE WARBLER was seen at a private residence in Raymond on the 20th.
A BALTIMORE ORIOLE was seen again at a birdfeeder on Pine Meadow Road in Exeter on January 25th.
5 AMERICAN PIPITS were seen at Plaice Cove in Hampton on January 25th, and 3 were seen at Rye Harbor State Park on the 26th.
6 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were seen along Packers Falls Road in Lee on January 25th.
A few FISH CROWS were reported from several locations mainly in southeast NH during the past week.
Lingering species reported during the past week included: KILLDEER, WOOD DUCK, RING-NECKED DUCK, AMERICAN KESTREL, NORTHERN HARRIER, MERLIN, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, NORTHERN FLICKER, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, WINTER WREN, CAROLINA WREN, GRAY CATBIRD, HERMIT THRUSH, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, EASTERN TOWHEE, SONG SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW, CHIPPING SPARROW, FOX SPARROW, and FIELD SPARROW.
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