This is New Hampshire Audubon’s Rare Bird Alert for Monday, March 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 26th. Please view the feeders from the road and stay off the private property.
A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen in Dublin on March 2nd.
There was an unconfirmed report of a GOLDEN EAGLE from Candia on February 26th.
2 BLACK VULTURES were seen at the Exeter Memorial Hospital on March 1st, and 2 were seen at the Mount Wantastiquet Natural Area in Hinsdale on February 28th.
A GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL was photographed at the Rochester Wastewater Treatment Plant on February 24th, but has not been relocated. The treatment plant is gated and the hours of operation are 7:30-2:00 on weekdays. If you visit, please check in at the office and be out of the plant by 1:45 so that plant personnel do not have to ask birders to leave. Do not drive on the dikes and do not block the road. The Trails at Pickering Ponds, located east of the plant, are not gated, and are always open during daylight hours.
A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at the Icenter in Salem on February 28th, and an ICELAND GULL was seen at Pickering Ponds in Rochester on March 2nd.
3 BARROW’S GOLDENEYES were seen south of the Sewall’s Falls Road bridge on the Merrimack River in Concord on February 26th, 1 was seen at the Eastman Falls Hydro Station in Franklin on the 28th, 1 was seen at Stark Landing on the Merrimack River in Manchester on March 3rd, and 1 was seen at Lochmere Dam at Silver Lake in Tilton on February 28th.
3 NORTHERN PINTAILS were seen on the Contoocook River in Hopkinton on February 24th, and 1 was seen at Newfound Lake on March 2nd.
At least 11 WOOD DUCKS were seen at Chapman’s Landing in Stratham during the past week.
A RED-THROATED LOON was seen from Adam’s Point at Great Bay on March 1st.
A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen along Morse Road in Manchester on March 1st.
A flock of 50 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS was seen in Gorham on February 24th.
A flock of 76 EVENING GROSBEAKS was seen along Bailey Road in Jefferson on February 28th, and a flock of 18 was seen in Bethlehem on March 2nd.
3 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were seen in East Kingston on February 28th.
2 PINE WARBLERS were seen in Hollis at a private residence on February 24th.
8 AMERICAN PIPITS were seen at Hampton/Seabrook Marsh on February 25th, and
4 AMERICAN PIPITS and a PALM WARBLER were seen at Plaice Cove in Hampton on March 2nd.
A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen at Hampton Beach State Park on March 2nd.
A flock of 50 SNOW BUNTINGS was seen on Forest Ledge Road in Glen on March 2nd.
Several early-returning KILLDEERS were seen in Rye, Hampton, Salem, Stratham, Durham, and Rochester. all during the past week.
Lingering species reported during the past week included: AMERICAN KESTREL, NORTHERN HARRIER, MERLIN, PEREGRINE FALCON, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, NORTHERN FLICKER, CAROLINA WREN, WINTER WREN, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, HERMIT THRUSH, FISH CROW, SONG SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW, CHIPPING SPARROW, FOX SPARROW, and FIELD SPARROW.
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