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April 2001, Vol. 29, No. 2 Birding Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island Bob Bushnell Birding Wompatuck State Park Dennis Peacock An Unprecedented Incursion of Lesser Black-backed Gulls Blair Nikula Territorial Behavior of Common Nighthawks in an Urban Habitat Aaron J. Roth and Gwilym S. Jones An Educational Tribute to a Local Son — A. C. Bent David M. Larson Report of a Large Movement of Alcids During the Truro Christmas Count, December 28, 2000 Mark Lynch Hot Birds Field Notes Merlins and Bats Richard W. Hildreth Brighton Crow Roost Andrew Joslin Gull Predation of an Adult Red-breasted Merganser Richard Graefe Sunbathing By a King Rail (Rallus elegans) William E. Davis, Jr. Fifth Annual Report of the Massachusetts Avian Records Committee Marjorie Rines, Secretary About Books: Opposite Sides of the Same Coin Mark Lynch Bird Sightings: November/December 2000 The 101st Christmas Bird Count, 12/14/00-1/5/01 Robert H. Stymeist About The Cover: Virginia Rail William E. Davis, Jr. About the Cover Artist: David Sibley At A Glance Wayne R. Petersen ^ top