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A fire in an equipment shed at Hurd Farm in Hampton killed 75 live birds overnight Monday night into Tuesday morning.
The building was destroyed, along with the farm's turkey processing equipment, owners said.
"That burnt my livestock trailer there, which had about 150 birds on it," owner Steve Hurd said. "I lost half of them."
> On Jan 25, 2026, at 4:37 PM, Pam Hunt <biodiva63...> wrote:
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> Rumor has it there was a fire at some farm in Hampton and there were a bunch of dead turkeys.
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> Pam Hunt, Concord
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> On Sun, Jan 25, 2026, 3:04 PM Ducky Darrick <dadams...> <mailto:<dadams...>> wrote:
>> I\nWonder if they are eating dead fish that wash up on the beaches
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>> On Sun, Jan 25, 2026, 10:12 AM 'Steve Mirick' via NHBirds <nhbirds...> <mailto:<nhbirds...>> wrote:
>>> The winter (December-January) Vulture roost has been a remarkable annual
>>> event in Rockingham County. My earliest record for this roost dates
>>> back to the winter of 2006-2007 when they were spending the night in
>>> pine trees near downtown Newmarket. Prior to this, Vultures in
>>> mid-winter were very rare. Since then, the roost was reported off and
>>> on in Newmarket, but it shifted into Exeter and has been there at least
>>> since the winter of 2015-2016. These roosts have grown in numbers over
>>> the years and my personal maximum count is 80 on 1/14/24. There have
>>> been a couple of distinct locations where these birds have roosted in
>>> tall white pine trees off Linden Street and off Rt. 27 in Exeter.
>>>
>>> This winter, they seemed to have vanished from the Exeter roost spots
>>> with very few or no Vultures present. Had they left for roosts further
>>> south in this frigid winter?!?! Apparently not! The Vultures have
>>> apparently shifted over to the Hurd Farm in Hampton. We first observed
>>> 16 here two weeks ago. Then we saw a report of 40 Turkey Vultures (with
>>> 2 Black Vultures!) by Susan Wrisley and Jenna Rosen two days ago!
>>>
>>> So Jane and I drove over there yesterday and were astonished to see a
>>> whirlwind of Vultures flying around us (with Bald Eagles and a Raven) at
>>> about 11:30 AM! It was crazy with birds. I pulled over and looked up
>>> and saw an astonishing group of 9 (!!!) Black Vultures. A personal high
>>> count for me and possibly a record high count for NH. The Blacks and a
>>> group of Turkey Vultures circled above us through the trees and
>>> incredibly vanished with 5 minutes, drifting with the strong NW winds.
>>> Another big group of 43 (counted) Turkey Vultures settled down and
>>> landed on the ground and low in the trees to the south of the farm. I
>>> wonder if there is some carrion in this area that has sustained them.
>>>
>>> We returned late in the afternoon and the Vultures (smaller numbers)
>>> were seen settling into the tall white pines to spend the evening on the
>>> opposite side of the Taylor River from Hurd Farm in Hampton Falls. Here
>>> we had at least 4 Black Vultures settling in with the Turkey Vultures.
>>>
>>> So.....it appears that the Vultures have found a new favorite spot! At
>>> least for now. Here's a photo of one of the Black Vultures from yesterday:
>>>
>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevemirick/55059344345/in/photostream/lightbox/ >>>
>>> Steve Mirick
>>> Bradford, MA
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