This is New Hampshire Audubon’s Rare Bird Alert for Monday, Jan. 8.
A MaGillivray’s warbler, first reported from Hollis on Dec. 26, was seen again near the Hollis-Brookline High School on Jan. 6. Access is not permitted during school hours.
An ash-throated flycatcher, previously seen at Bicentennial Park in Hampton, was relocated at the Hampton Wastewater Treatment Plant on Jan. 3, and an orange-crowned warbler, a Wilson’s warbler, and a palm warbler were all seen there on Jan. 6.
Three orange-crowned warblers continued to be seen at Bicentennial Park in Hampton during the past week and were last reported on Jan. 6.
A palm warbler was seen at Star Island, one of the Isles of Shoals, on Jan. 1.
A common yellowthroat was reported from the Great Bay Discovery Center in Greenland on Jan. 4.
A yellow-rumped warbler was seen at Dubes Pond in Hooksett on Jan. 2.
A clay-colored sparrow was seen at Wildwood Cemetery in Seabrook on Jan. 4.
There was an unconfirmed report of a Baltimore oriole at Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Newington on Jan. 6.
A black-headed gull was seen at Little Harbor in New Castle, and a Glaucous gull was seen at Seabrook Beach, both on Jan. 6.
Seven Atlantic puffins and a dovekie were seen along the coast within the Isles of Shoals on Jan. 3, and a dovekie was seen from Rye Harbor State Park on the 4th.
Forty-five common murres were seen along the coast within the Isles of Shoals, and 22 were seen at Old Scantum, all on Jan. 3.
A lesser yellowlegs was seen at Meadow Pond in Hampton on Jan. 2.
A golden eagle was seen at Newfound Lake in Bristol on Jan. 2.
Three black vultures were seen in Westmoreland on Jan. 4.
A female king eider continues to be seen in coastal Rye, often from Route 1A pullouts south of Odiorne Point State Park. It was last reported on Jan. 4.
A harlequin duck was seen in Hampton Harbor on several days during the past week and was last reported on Jan. 6.
Three Barrow’s goldeneyes were seen on Opechee Bay in Laconia on Jan. 8, and one was seen at Stark Landing on the Merrimack River in Manchester on the 6th.
A horned grebe was seen in Lake Winnipesauke on Jan. 4, and a white-winged scoter was seen at Spofford Lake on Jan. 6.
Five gadwalls were seen at Upper Peverly Pond in Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge on Jan. 4, and two were seen at the Ashland Wastewater Treatment Plant on the 2nd.
A ring-necked duck and a lesser scaup were seen in Errol on Jan. 2; a green-winged teal was seen at the Allenstown Bridge Park on Route 3 on the 2nd; an American wigeon was seen at Opechee Bay on the 8th; and an American wigeon was seen at Horseshoe Pond in Merrimack on the 2nd.
A flock of 21 greater scaup and 12 lesser scaup was seen on Opechee Bay in Laconia on Jan. 8. A flock of six greater scaup and six lesser scaup was seen on Spofford Lake on Jan. 2. A lesser scaup was seen at the Wilder Dam reservoir on the Connecticut River in Lebanon on Jan. 2.
Two brant were seen at Rye Harbor State Park on Jan. 6.
A northern shrike was seen along Ossipee Mountain Road in Moultonborough on Jan. 2.
A flock of 21 Bohemian waxwings was seen in Piermont on Jan. 5.
Thirty-four red crossbills were reported from Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown on Jan. 6; a flock of nine was seen in Wilton on the 4th; a flock of seven was seen in Pelham on the 2nd; and smaller numbers were reported from scattered locations during the past week.
A flock of 10 white-winged crossbills was reported from Trudeau Road in Bethlehem on Jan. 6.
Additional lingering migrant species reported during the past week included: red-shouldered hawk, northern harrier, American kestrel, Merlin, turkey vulture, bufflehead, wood duck, double-crested cormorant, northern flicker, yellow-bellied sapsucker, eastern phoebe, hermit thrush, ruby-crowned kinglet, marsh wren, winter wren, gray catbird, eastern towhee, field sparrow, chipping sparrow, Savannah sparrow, swamp sparrow, rusty blackbird, and fish crow.
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This listing can be seen in its entirety at nhaudubon.org.
