Cover Photo: Hooded Warbler by Eric Masterson, 4-27-2024, Star Island, NH.

The Spring 2024 issue is sponsored by friends and family of JoAnn O’Shaughnessy. She is remembered as an avid birder with a great sense of humor. She is missed by many.

There are many great articles in this issue including a summary of recent changes in bird taxonomy as they apply to New Hampshire, telling Fish Crows from American Crows, and many more listed below.

Spring 2024 Contents

• From the Editor by Grace McCulloch
• Photo Quiz by Greg Tillman
• Spring 2024 Season Summary: March 1 through May 31 by Eric Masterson
• BirdCast—A Birder’s Spring Migration Sidekick by Emma Stogsdill
• Tufted Titmice Reveal an Exciting Owl by by Ethan Ring
• Loggerhead Shrike in New Hampshire by Iain MacLeod
• Who’s Shearwater?! A Quick Summary of Recent Changes in Bird Taxonomy as They Apply to New Hampshire by by Pam Hunt
• Spring 2024 Field Notes Kathryn Frieden, Editor
  • A Turkey Vulture Nest Adventure by Greg Tillman
  • Not a Rare Bird in Sight by Kathryn Frieden
  • One of These Eggs Is Not Like the Other by Eric Masterson
  • Bald Eagle’s Nest Survives the Snow by Elaine Faletra
  • Who Wins? Eagle vs. Merganser by Jane Rice
  • The Chat-a Poem by Diana Stephens
  • A Woodcock Family in South Hampton by Danielle Stone
  • Birding by the Northern Lights by Jason Pietrzak
• Tracking (& Tracking Down) Goshawk Breeding Territories by Chris Liazos and Phil Brown
• A New Way to Catch a Rare Bird by James Smith
• Telling Fish Crows from American Crows by Dana Fox
• A Spring Learning to Bird by Pam Geiger
• Interview with a Birder: Holly Bauer by Kathryn Frieden
• UNH Birders’ First Field Trip by Samantha Tanksley
• Birding Seabrook Town Forest and Wellfield by Ashton Almeida
• Birding in the Shadow of the Eclipse
  • Birding Lake Umbagog During a Total Solar Eclipse by Robert A. Quinn
  • Birds of the Eclipse by Rebecca Suomala
• Birding Laconia: 55 Years Later by Rob Woodward
• Answer to the Photo Quiz by Greg Tillman
• What to Watch for in Spring

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