Cover Photo: Ash-throated Flycatcher by Steve Mirick, 11-24-2023, Greenland, NH.

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Join us and see all the articles in every issue! The Fall 2023 issue is dedicated in honor of Kathie Palfy’s 80th birthday by her family. Kathie spent many rewarding years both working and volunteering with NH Audubon.

There are many great articles in this issue including fall hawkwatch and Common Nighthawk migration reports, Northern Saw-whet Owl research, plastic swans that fool even the best birders, and many more listed below.

Fall 2023 Contents

• From the Editor
• Photo Quiz by Greg Tillman
• Fall Season: August 1 through November 30, 2023 by Ben Griffith
• Field Notes Fall 2023
  • “Woody” May Hold a Record at the Not-So-Wooden Bridge by Melissa Moore
  • History of the “Wooden Bridge” by Kathryn Frieden
  • Turkey Vulture Birthday Cake by Paul Kursewicz
  • Historic Field Note: The Bass and the Virginia Rail by Melissa Moore
  • Songbirds Enjoying an Unexpected Menu by Melissa Moore
  • Don’t be fooled by Plastic Swans by Iain MacLeod
  • Leucistic Semipalmated Sandpiper
  • Scaup Setting Records in the Lake Umbagog Region by Robert A. Quinn
  • Belted Kingfishers Going Back to Their Roots, for over 20 years by Robert A. Quinn
  • Curious Snow Bunting by Rebecca Suomala
• Black-legged Kittiwake in Hancock, NH by Tom Momeyer
• The 2023 Nighthawk Migration
  • Record Nighthawk Count at Franklin Falls by Rob Woodward
  • Concord Nighthawk Migration Watch
  • Powder Mill Pond Nighthawk Migration, 2023 by Phil Brown
• Fall 2023 New Hampshire Raptor Migration Report by Iain MacLeod
• Northern Saw-whet Owl Migration in the Monadnock Region by Hillary Siener
• Fall Pelagic Field Trip by Steve Mirick
• Paddling the Androscoggin River from Errol to Lake Umbagog by Robert A. Quinn
• A Fall of Plenty Led to Fewer Birds at Feeders by Grace McCulloch
• Interview With a Birder—Pam Hunt by Kathryn Frieden
• November County Challenge 2023
  • Overall Results by Pam Hunt
  • November Challenge – Thoughts and Highlights by Steve Mirick
  • Belknap Wins The 2023 November County Challenge by Rob Woodward
• Birding Upper Suncook Lake by David Nelson
• Backyard Birder – Adventures of Fonzi, the Ring-necked Pheasant by Melissa Moore
• New Hampshire Rare Birds Committee Report, Spring 2022 through Winter 2022-23 Seasons
• What to Watch for in Fall
• Answer to the Photo Quiz by Greg Tillman

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