A partial index containing information from previous issues is available here. 

June 2008, Vol. 36, No. 3
Birding the Swedish Colony of Northern Maine
Bill Sheehan
Needham's Naturalist: The Bird Journals of Timothy Otis Fuller
Gloria Polizzotti Greis
Taken a Bird Walk Lately?
Pamela Hunt
Birding My Own Patch
John Nelson
Field Notes
Common Raven and Red-shouldered Hawk at Suet Feeder    Paul Fitzgerald
Gray Squirrel Preys on Black-capped Chickadee    Simon Hennin
About Books: What to Make of a Diminished Thing?
Mark Lynch
Bird Sightings: January/February 2008
About the Cover: Woodpeckers
William E. Davis, Jr.
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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April 2008, Vol. 36, No. 2
Birding Worcester Airport and the Surrounding Area
Mark Lynch
Invasion of the Berry Snatchers: the Waxwing Irruption of 2007-2008
John Kricher
Slaty-backed Gull: "Tomorrow's Lesser Black-backed Gull?"
Wayne Petersen
Twelfth Annual Report of the Massachusetts Avian Records Committee (MARC)
Marjorie Rines, Secretary
About Books: All I Ask is a Tall Ship, a Star to Steer Her By, and a Decent Field Guide: Four New Guides to Seabirds
Mark Lynch
Bird Sightings: November/December 2007
About the Cover: Tennessee Warbler
William E. Davis, Jr.
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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February 2008, Vol. 36, No. 1
Birding at the Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge
Ron Lockwood
A New Nesting Species for Essex County in 2006-07 and Several Other Landmark Nesting Events
Jim Berry
Massachusetts Breeding Bird Atlas
Joan Walsh
About Books: Someone to Watch Over Me: Recent Books about Ornithologists, Birders, and Other Naturalists
Mark Lynch
Bird Sightings: September/October 2007
About the Cover: Sharp-shinned Hawk
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Barry Van Dusen
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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December 2007, Vol. 35, No. 6
Winter Birding in Hull
Paul Fitzgerald
Second Breeding Record for Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) in North America
Julie C. Ellis, Ph.D., Mary Caswell Stoddard, L. William Clark
Bird Banding on Appledore Island
Carol Tashjian
Mass Audubon and Cape Wind
Simon Perkins, Taber Allison, and Paul Fitzgerald
In the Beginning Was the List
John Nelson
Carrying on the Fernandez Legacy in the Westport River and Allens Pond
David C. Cole
Field Note
Bird News   Lanny McDowell
A Different Duck Hawk   David Larson
About Books: (Insert Overused Bob Dylan Quote Here) Birds and Wind farms: Risk Assessment and Mitigation
Mark Lynch
Bird Sightings: July/August 2007
About the Cover: Rough-legged Hawk
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Paul Donahue
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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October 2007, Vol. 35, No. 5
Looking for Waterfowl in the Sudbury Reservoir
Mark Lynch
Observations of Roosting Crows
Eliot Taylor
First Confirmed Barred Owl and Acadian Flycatcher Nestings on Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Mary Keleher
Field Notes
A Feisty Unexpected Visitor   Sue Finnegan
Sightings of a Black Rail at Nantucket, Massachusetts   Richard R.Veit
Yellow-nosed Albatross Saga   Simon Perkins
About Books: Father of the Field Guide and "Nature's Engraver:" An Interview with Jenny Uglow, Biographer of Thomas Bewick
Mark Lynch
Bird Sightings: May/June 2007
About the Cover: Eastern Meadowlark
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Barry Van Dusen
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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August 2007, Vol. 35, No. 4
A Birder's Guide to the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge and Sandy Point State Reservation on Plum Island
Thomas T. Wetmore IV
Birders Secure Plum Island, Save Birds
Brooke Stevens
Coffee Lessons for New England Birders
Paul J. Baicich
Osprey Legacy and the Loss of a Superhero: A Tribute to Gilbert Fernandez
Wayne R. Petersen
Field Notes
Something New on the Menu at Logan Airport   Norman Smith
A Western Wilson's Warbler Subspecies (chryseola/pileolata) in Nahant, from January 2 through February 14, 2007   Linda Pivacek
Mallard Mobile Home   William E. Davis, Jr. and Sanford Legere
About Books: A Compilation, a Concoction, and a Continuation
Mark Lynch
Bird Sightings: March/April 2007
About the Cover: White-rumped Sandpiper
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Barry Van Dusen
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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June 2007, Vol. 35, No. 3
Summer Birding on Boy Scout Road and the Kennebago River in Rangeley, Maine
Eddie Giles
First Report of the Maine Bird Records Committee (2006)
William Sheehan, Secretary, and Peter Vickery, Chairman
Bradbury Mountain Spring Hawkwatch - 2007 Report
Jeannette and Derek Lovitch
Monitoring Arrival of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds in New England in 2003-2005
Sharon Stichter
Boreal Owl Records in Southern New England
Arnold Devine and Dwight G. Smith
Field Notes
Beware of Titmouse!   Taylor Yeager
Bittern Nuptial Display   Michael Onyon
About Books: The Apotheosis and Damnation of the Flightless Flocks: March of the Penguins and the Cultural Divide
Mark Lynch
Bird Sightings: January/February 2007
About the Cover: Blackburnian Warbler
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Barry Van Dusen
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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April 2007, Vol. 35, No. 2
Eleventh Annual Report of the Massachusetts Avian Records Committee (MARC)
Marjorie Rines, Secretary
Nesting and Food-Caching by Sharp-Shinned Hawks in Ipswich
Jim Berry
The Purple Martins of Plum Island
Sue McGrath and Alison O'Hare
Field Notes
Commensal Foraging of Brown Pelicans and Egrets with Double-crested Cormorants and White Ibises   William E. Davis, Jr.
An In-vent-ive Roost   J. Thomas Brownrigg
Birding at the Prudential Center
Henry T. Wiggin
About Books: Slipped (In) Discs and Texts That Talk
Mark Lynch
Announcing the Massachusetts Breeding Bird Atlas 2
Bird Sightings: November/December 2006
About the Cover: Brown Pelican
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Ikki Matsumoto
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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February 2007, Vol. 35, No. 1
Birding the Northfield Sod Farm
Mark Taylor and Hector Galbraith
Massachusetts Important Bird Areas (IBAs) - The Berkshire
Wayne R. Petersen and Brooke Stevens
Western Massachusetts Rarities
Seth Kellogg and James P.Smith
White-tailed Hawk - A Texas Vagrant?
Scott Surner
About Books: Dirty, Disgusting, Filthy, Lice-Ridden Boids
Mark Lynch
Bird Sightings: September/October 2006
About the Cover: Mourning Dove
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Barry Van Dusen
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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December 2006, Vol. 34, No. 6
Winter Birding Hot Spots in Mashpee and Barnstable, Cape Cod
Mary Keleher
Massachusetts Important Bird Areas (IBAs) — The Connecticut River Valley Region
Wayne R. Petersen and Brooke Stevens
Western Reef-Heron
Don Stokes, Lillian Stokes, and Nikolas Haass
Seabirds as Indicators of Environmental Health: Citizen Scientists Monitor Seabird Mortality Throughout the Northeast USA
Julie C. Ellis, PhD; Mark Pokras, DVM; and Florina Tseng, DVM
Everything But The Beak
John Kricher
Ten Tips for Alienating Your Birding Companions
John Nelson
Field Note
With Gulls Like This, Who Needs Falcons?   Doug Chickering
About Books: Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho-Cooks-for-You?
Mark Lynch
Index to Volume 34, 2006
Bird Sightings: July/August 2006
About the Cover: Snow Bunting
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Barry Van Dusen
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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October 2006, Vol. 34, No. 5
Massachusetts Important Bird Areas (IBAs) — The North Shore Region
Wayne R. Petersen and Brooke Stevens
Stemming the Decline of Shrubland Birds in Massachusetts
Jill Liske-Clarke
The Fall Roundup — After Fifty Years
Bob Fox
Birding on Two Wheels
John Nelson
Field Notes
Close Encounter With an Owl  J. Thomas Brownrigg
Discovery of a Late Autumn Waterfowl Roost at Pleasant Bay, Massachusetts Peter Trull, with contributions from Amanda Lynch, Jackson Niles, Nate Rogers, Christopher Rheume, Noe Karlson, Rachel Lake, and Maddy Niles
Observations of a Sharp-shinned Hawk Nest  Craig Jackson
About Books: Birding in Full Battle-Rattle: A Conversation with Jonathan Trouern-Trend
Mark Lynch
Letter to the Editor: Paul Baicich
Bird Sightings: May/June 2006
About the Cover: Loggerhead Shrike
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Paul Donahue
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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August 2006, Vol. 34, No. 4
Birding Milford Point, Connecticut
Nick Bonomo
Some Additions to the Nesting Avifauna of Essex County, and Significant Nesting Events of Several Other Species
Jim Berry
Eagles in the Back Yard
Bob Pierce
Bald Eagles in Massachusetts
Trudy Tynan
Adventures of the Rowley Dump Girls (and Boys)
Mary Cunningham
Shorebirds of the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Stephanie Ellis
About Books: A Trip of Plovers, a Leash of Merlins, a Parcel of Oystercatchers, and Meatloaf on a Stick and a Gaggle of Guides
Mark Lynch
Bird Sightings: March/April 2006
About the Cover: Belted Kingfisher
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Barry Van Dusen
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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June 2006, Vol. 34, No. 3
Breeding Birds of the Ware River Watershed Important Bird Area (IBA)
Mark Lynch
Massachusetts Important Bird Areas (IBAs) – The Central Region
Wayne R. Petersen and Brooke Stevens
Research Summary: Shrubland-Nesting Birds in Powerline Rights-of-Way In Western Massachusetts
David L. King, Thomas E. Lautzenheiser, and Jeffrey M. Collins
The Urban Ecology Institute Teaches Local Youth About the Birds of Boston
Annie Cardinaux and Andrew Breck
The Arnold Arboretum: A Century of Birders and Breeding Bird Data
Robert Mayer
Field Note
The Problem with Eating Catfish William E. Davis, Jr.
About Books: Yellow-legged Claphangers: The Image of the Birder in Film and Television 
Mark Lynch
Bird Sightings: January/February 2006
About the Cover: Dark-eyed Junco
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: David A. Sibley
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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April 2006, Vol. 34, No. 2
Glass: A Deadly Conservation Issue for Birds
Daniel Klem, Jr.
Recovery and Biology of the Common Raven (Corvus corax) In Massachusetts
Tom French
Tenth Annual Report of the Massachusetts Avian Records Committee (MARC)
Marjorie Rines, Secretary
Massachusetts Important Bird Areas (IBAs) – The Greater Boston Region
Wayne R. Petersen and Brooke Stevens
Field Note
Ersatz Skimmers  Doug Chickering
In Memory of Steve Leonard
John Nelson
About Books: Summer Isles of Eden
Mark Lynch
Bird Sightings: November/December 2005
About the Cover: Bald Eagle
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Barry Van Dusen
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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February 2006, Vol. 34, No. 1
Birding in East Boston, Winthrop, Revere, and Saugus
Soheil Zendeh
Massachusetts Important Bird Areas (IBAs) - The South Shore Region
Wayne R. Petersen and Brooke Stevens
Letter to the Editors
A Summer at Monomoy
Ryan Merrill
Field Note
Latest Occurence of Arctic Tern for Massachusetts  Richard R. Veit and Carolyn S. Mostello
About Books: Virtual Encyclopedia Ornithologica: The Birds of North America On-line
Mark Lynch
Bird Sightings: September/October 2005
About the Cover: Wild Turkey
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Barry Van Dusen
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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December 2005, Vol. 33, No. 6
Where to Bird in Scituate
Glenn d’Entremont
Take a Second Look: 25 Years and Counting
Maury Hall and Soheil Zendeh
Building a Bird Club in the Digital Age
Marjorie Rines
Driving Birds Away
Christopher Reed
Bird Conservation and the Important Bird Area (IBA) Program: It’s All about Habitat
Wayne R. Petersen
Ten Tips for Maintaining Your Birding Partner
John Nelson
Field Note
Food for Later  David Larson
About Books: Tools
Mark Lynch
Bird Sightings: July/August 2005
Index To Volume 33, 2005
About the Cover: Red-breasted Nuthatch
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Barry Van Dusen
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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October 2005, Vol. 33, No. 5
White Memorial Foundation: Litchfield and Morris, Connecticut
Buzz Devine and Dwight G. Smith
Yellow-nosed Albatross at Tuckernuck Island, Massachusetts
Richard R. Veit
Paintshop Pond, Wellesley
Clark Ewer
Wayne R. Petersen: 2005 Recipient of the American Birding Association’s Ludlow Griscom Award
Rarity Envy
John Nelson
Field Notes
The Stumped Naturalist  Marjorie Rines
Storm Bird  Brooke Stevens
Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife Management Efforts Create Nesting Habitat for Rare Bird  Dave King, Jeff Collins, and Jill Liske-Clark
Piping Tern? Arctic Plover? Unusual Species Interactions On Plymouth Long Beach  Tony Dalisio
Song Sparrow Riding on a Chairlift Cable  Jeffrey Boone Miller
Mass Audubon’s Coastal Waterbird Program, 2005
Andrea Jones and Ellen Jedrey
About Books: The Invisible Man Goes Birding
Mark Lynch
Bird Sightings:May/June 2005
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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August 2005, Vol. 33, No. 4
Birding Cape Cod: Wellfleet and Truro
Cape Cod Bird Club and Massachusetts Audubon Society
The Underpinnings of Breeding Behaviors
Brandi Van Roo
The “Wellesley Boys”- Contributions to Continental Birding
David B. Freeland
First Record of Clark’s Grebe in Maine and New England
Peter D. Vickery and Derek J. Lovitch
Reporting Banded Shorebirds: What You Can Do
Alan E. Strauss
Wayne R. Petersen: 2005 Recipient of the American Birding Association’s Ludlow Griscom Award
Field Note
Desperate Fishwives  Paul M. Roberts
About Books: The Extinction Biz
Mark Lynch
Bird Sightings: March/April 2005
About the Cover: Solitary Sandpiper
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Paul Donahue
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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June 2005, Vol. 33, No. 3
Birding the Kennebunk Plains Wildlife Management Area
Scott Cronenweth
The Importance of Naturalists in Identifying Global Warming In Our Backyards
Abraham J. Miller-Rushing and Richard B. Primack
Spring Migration in Eastern Massachusetts: Then (1886) and Now
Robert H. Stymeist
Birds and Birders in Westport, Massachusetts, Then and Now
Betty F. Slade and David C. Cole
Field Notes
Spotless Robin  Jeffrey Boone Miller
“Owl, Duck!”  Glenn Williams
About Books: The Hills are Alive with the Sound of Thrashers, Titmice, and Robins (i.e., Music)
Mark Lynch
Bird Sightings January/February 2005
About the Cover: Golden-winged Warbler
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Paul Donahue
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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April 2005, Vol. 33, No. 2
Birding the Brattleboro Retreat Meadows
Hector Galbraith and Whitney Nichols
Ninth Annual Report of the Massachusetts Avian Records Committee (MARC)
Marjorie Rines, Secretary
The Nesting of Several Canadian-Zone Species in Essex County in 2004, Including the First Nest Record of the Common Raven, Corvus corax
Jim Berry
Field Notes:
President’s Day Special Brooke Stevens
Love is in the Air — But Not in the Water! Paul Roberts
The Loss of Avocet and Curlew
Steve Grinley
About Books: Follow That Bird! Magnificent Feathered Obsessions
Mark Lynch
Bird Sightings: November/December 2004
About the Cover: Northern Mockingbird
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Barry Van Dusen
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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February 2005, Vol. 33, No. 1
Horn Pond Reservation, Woburn, Massachusetts
Marjorie W. Rines
A Springtime Exploration of Essex County’s Coastal Islands, with Notes on Their Historical Use by Colonially Nesting Birds
Jim Berry
Subtle Thrills: Rewards for the Birding Atlaser
Rosalind Renfrew
J. A. Allen: The Shy and Retiring Giant
William E. Davis, Jr
Alexander Skutch Remembered
Elissa Landre
About Books: Some Natural History History
Mark Lynch
Bird Sightings  September/October 2004
About the Cover: Gray Jay
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Paul Donahue
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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December 2004, Vol. 32, No. 6
A Tale of Discovery: The Americas’ First Red-footed Falcon
E. Vernon Laux
Identification of the Martha’s Vineyard Red-footed Falcon
David Allen Sibley
Red-footed Falcon: How Did It Get Here?
Julian Hough
Massachusetts Miracles: The Gull and the Falcon
Wayne R. Petersen and Paul J. Baicich
One Birder’s Falcon
Matt Pelikan
What’s Next After the Red-footed Falcon? Predictions of Future Vagrants in Massachusetts
Robert H. Stymeist and Jeremiah R. Trimble
The Provenance of Vagrants and Their Evaluation by Rarities Committees
Richard R. Veit
Nagog Pond: Inland Gull and Waterfowl Haven
Mike Resch
Index to Volumes 31 and 32, 2003-2004
Bird Sightings July/August 2004
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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October 2004, Vol. 32, No. 5
Invasive Alien Plants: The Role of Birds in their Spread and the Threat to Bird Habitat
Peter C. Alden
Gleanings from the Journal of William Brewster: Brewster's Artistic Friend - Daniel Chester French
Robert H. Stymeist
Banding Northern Saw-whet Owls in the Blackstone River Valley
Kathy Clayton
Rare Marsh Birds in the North Pool, Plum Island: Spring and Summer 2004
Tom Wetmore
Q and A Corner
Field Notes:
Five Eagles and a Heron   John Cushing
Sharing an Afternoon of Birdbanding with a Sharp-shinned Hawk William E. Davis, Jr.
About Books: Putting Pen to Bird: Stalking the Wiley Logcock with Bic and Word Processor
Mark Lynch
Bird Sightings May/June 2004
About the Cover: Golden Eagle
William E. Davis
About the Cover Artist: Paul Donahue
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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August 2004, Vol. 32, No. 4
Watching Nighthawks in the Blackstone National Corridor
Mark Lynch
Wow, Did You Hear That? Observations from a Blind Birder
Jerry Berrier
Letters
The Digital Camera as an Identification Tool
Peter Capobianco and Steve Davis
Peregrine Falcons in Massachusetts in 2004
Thomas W. French
Gleanings from the Journal of William Brewster: Journey to Lake Umbagog
Robert H. Stymeist
Field Notes
The Phoebe and the Spiketail    Richard W. Hildreth
The Harlequin Duck on the Coast of Essex County, Mass.
Charles W. Townsend, M.D.
About Books: A John Ford "Wannabe" Channels Konrad Lorenz and Shows that Sometimes the Bird in the Bush is the Same as the Bird in the Hand. Winged Migration, Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud, and Michel Debats, co-directors
Mark Lynch
2004 Request for Proposals, Charles Blake Fund Grants
Bird Sightsing  March/April 2004
About the Cover:   Canada Warbler
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Julie Zickefoose
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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June 2004, Vol. 32, No. 3
Burrage Pond Wildlife Management Area, Hanson/Halifax
Kathleen S. Anderson and Wayne R. Petersen
Birds of Late Summer
Raymond J. Seamans
The “Duck” Stamp: A Birder’s Imperative?
Paul J. Baicich
Good News for Massachusetts Birds: Introducing Massachusetts eBird www.massaudubon.org/ebird
Christopher Leahy, Taber Allison, and Simon Perkins
Nesting Wilson’s Storm-Petrels in Antarctica
Brooke Stevens
Coyotes and the Food Chain
Christopher Neill
Field Notes 
Sharp-tailed Sparrow Challenges
Mystery Bird at Great Meadows  Simon Perkins and David A. Sibley 
Identifying Juvenile Sharp-tailed Sparrows Richard S. Heil
Greater Yellowlegs Feeding Behavior Mark Daley
About Books: That was Then. This is Now.
Mark Lynch
Massachusetts Breeding Bird Atlas by Wayne R. Petersen and W. Roger Merservey
Bird Sightings: January/February 2004
Notes on the Ipswich Sparrow
Charles Johnson Maynard
About the Cover: Common Loon
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Paul Donahue
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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April 2004, Vol. 32, No. 2
Birding the Erwin S. Wilder Wildlife Management Area, Taunton 
Jim Sweeney 
Hoary Redpolls in New Hampshire in December 2003 and January 2004
James P. Smith, Petro Pynnönen, and Susannah B. Lerman
An Informal Survey of Raptor Imitations by Blue Jays
Jim Berry
Age, Sex, and Scissor-tails
Walter G. Ellison and Nancy L. Martin
Twitcher’s Temptation
John Nelson
Modern Bird Study — Has it Changed? Gleanings from the Journal of William Brewster
Robert H. Stymeist
Eighth Annual Report of the Massachusetts Avian Records Committee
Marjorie Rines, Secretary
Field Notes
The Junco and the Shrew J. Thomas Brownrigg
Major Brant Migration Observed at Chickatawbut Hill, Quincy, Massachusetts Michael F. McWade
About Books: Run For Your Lifelist
Mark Lynch
Bird Sightings: November/December 2003
Thirty Years Ago
About the Cover: Tree Swallow
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Julie Zickefoose
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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February 2004, Vol. 32, No. 1
Birds of the Laurel Lake Recreational Area, Erving State Forest
Mark Taylor
Fall 2003 Migration of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds in New England
Sharon Stichter
Two Naturalists Buy a Swamp
David Larson and Susan Carlson 
Birding in Massachusetts 123 YearsAgo
Gleanings from the Journal of William Brewster Robert H. Stymeist
The First Annual Superbowl of Birding
David Larson 
The Historic Status and Recovery of the Peregrine Falcon in Massachusetts
Thomas W. French
Field Notes 
Evading the Peregrine Falcon Dana Rohleder
Banding Migrating Peregrine Falcons at Noman's Land Island NWR Norman Smith
"Black" Brant in Plymouth Wayne R. Petersen
About Books: Bird's the Word
Mark Lynch
Winter Waterfowl Quiz Answers
Bird Sightings:   September/October 2003
About the Cover:   Double-crested Cormorant
William E. Davis, Jr. 
About the Cover Artist: Ikki Matsumoto
At a Glance 
Wayne R. Petersen
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December 2003, Vol. 31, No. 6
Significant Essex County Nest Records, 2002-2003
Jim Berry
104th Christmas Bird Count
Gleanings from the Journal of William Brewster
Robert H. Stymeist
Field Notes
Gull Feeding Frenzies David Larson
About Books: Editors’ Choices for Seasonal Gifts 
Winter Waterfowl Quiz
Bird Sightings: July/August 2003
Thirty Years Ago 
About the Cover:   Yellow-breasted Chat
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist:   David Sibley
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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October 2003, Vol. 31, No. 5
Birding the Dorothy Frances Rice Sanctuary for Wildlife 
in Peru, Massachusetts
Robert Tougias
Seedeaters of Fall
Marjorie Rines
Field Notes
Yellow Rail Sighting Ronnie Donovan
“Bubble Feeding” Behavior of a Snowy Egret Stephen Mirick
Gleanings from the Journal of William Brewster 
Robert H. Stymeist
Raymond Andrew Paynter, Jr.
William E. Davis, Jr.
Looking Back . . . Clips from Massbird October 2002
About Books: Birds from the Land of the Long White Cloud
Mark Lynch
Bird Sightings:   May/June 2003
Thirty Years Ago
About the Cover Artist:   Richard Salvucci
About the Cover: Sooty and Greater shearwaters
William E. Davis, Jr.
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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August 2003, Vol. 31, No. 4
Bird Finding in Northern Berkshire County
Leslie Reed-Evans and Ronald Rancatti
Health Tips for Birders
Petti Staub, M.D.
The Phalarope Conspiracy Brooke Stevens
One of Nuttall’s Phalaropes Kathleen S. Anderson
The Phalaropes   Deborah Howard
Buzzards Bay Oil Spill: Impacts to Shorebirds
Andrea Jones, Gina Purtell, and Taber Allison 
Anatomical and Physiological Changes in Birds 
Christopher Neill
Field Notes
Black Rail in Greenland, New Hampshire Matt Tarr
A Memorable Experience: Ferry Hill Thicket, Marshfield, MA  Dan Furbish
Massbird at Its Best - Mystery Accipiter Caper Carolyn B. Marsh
A Birding Idol
Robert H. Stymeist
About Books: Who Needs Aesthetics and Ornithology?
Mark Lynch 
2003 Request for Proposals, Charles Blake Fund Grants 
Bird Sightings: March/April 2003
Thirty Years Ago
About the Cover: Semipalmated Plover
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Paul Donahue
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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June 2003, Vol. 31, No. 3
Coastal Birding in Fairhaven, MA
Michael Boucher and Dan Zimberlin
Listen to the (Northern) Mockingbird
Joseph T. Leverich
Results of a Three-year Waterbird Survey in the Deerfield River Watershed in Massachusetts
Patricia Serrentino and Jennifer Strules
Close Encounters 
Douglas Chickering
Field Notes
The Bird that Came in From the Cold John Adams 
Sunbathing and Thermal Stress in an Immature Great Blue Heron Jerome A. Jackson and William E. Davis, Jr
About Books: Town and Country
Mark Lynch
Bird Sightings: January/February 2003 
About the Cover:Louisiana Waterthrush
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Julie Zickefoose
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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April 2003, Vol. 31, No. 2
Springtime Birding at the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge
Susan A. Bloomfield
Three New Species for Massachusetts from Plum Island in 2001-2002
Richard S. Heil
Doing the “Write-up”
Mark Lynch 
Seventh Annual Report of the Massachusetts Avian Records Committee
Marjorie Rines, Secretary
Field Notes
Finding a Eurasian Kestrel on Lieutenant’s Island, South Wellfleet, MA Leslie Bostrom
Eskimo Curlew Sighting on Martha’s Vineyard John Nelson
A Note on the Report of Eskimo Curlew Marjorie Rines
About Books: Strangers in the Night
Mark Lynch
Bird Sightings: November/December 2002
About the Cover: Allen’s Hummingbird? Rufous Hummingbird?
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Barry Van Dusen 
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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February 2003, Vol. 31, No. 1
Birding North Central Vermont
Finding Bicknell's Thrushes
Ted Murin and Bryan Pfeiffer
Margaret Morse Nice: " ...a very important individual - "
Edward H. Burtt, Jr.
Tracking Ospreys with Transmitters
Christopher Neill
Field Notes
Rhythms David Larson
About Books: Auks Between the Covers
Mark Lynch
Letters
Bird Sightings: September/October 2002 
Index to Volumes 29 and 30: 2001-2002
About the Cover:   Black-throated Gray Warbler 
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Paul Donahue
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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December 2002, Vol. 30, No. 6
A Different Kind of Where-to-go-Birding: Ten Favorite Places of the Bird Observer Staff 
Best Birds in Massachusetts: 1993-2002
Wayne R. Petersen
A Visitor from the Far North Returns
Norman Smith 
Field Notes
Great Gray Owl Mark Wilson
The Last Heath Hen: A Story Never Before Told 
A Survey of Published Bird Records in New England
Jim Berry
Wren Quest
Robert H. Stymeist
About Books: The Artist’s Eye and the Birder’s Passion
Mark Lynch
Bird Sightings: July/August 2002
Index to Volumes 29 and 30: 2001-2002
About the Cover: American Crow 
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist:   Charley Harper 
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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October 2002, Vol. 30, No. 5
Birding Mount Agamenticus
Scott Cronenweth
Singing Behavior of Dark-eyed Junco
Russell C. Titus
Coloration of Bird Plumage
Robert W. Ricci
A Tiny Bit of Olive and Gray Against a Field of White
Mark Lynch
Big Day Birding: A New Massachusetts Record
Bob Lawson
Field Notes
Birdbath Birding Henry T. Wiggin
Christopher’s Puddle Marjorie W. Rines 
About Books: Four Anomalous Volumes: pampered birds, missing birds, dead birds, and bird leftovers
Mark Lynch 
Bird Sightings: May/June 2002
About the Cover: Northern Fulmar 
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist:   Tad Lawrence 
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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August 2002, Vol. 30, No. 4
Birding Baxter State Park
Jim Sweeney 
Interspecific and Intraspecific Aggression Among Foraging Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs
William Moskoff
Seeing the World in a Bird
Rob Gough 
Bird Behavior When Encountering Airborne Helicopters Along the California Coast 
William Moskoff and Lt. John Andrew Cromwell
Wired Birder: Sneaking a Peek at Birds
David M. Larson
Pocket Places
Sanford Ponds Wastewater Recycling FacilityNancy McReel
Field Notes
A Foot-vibrating Solitary Sandpiper Richard W. Hildreth
Odonate Hunting at Wizard Pond Richard W. Hildreth
About Books: Who Are We and What Exactly Are We Doing?
Mark Lynch
Bird Sightings: March/April 2002
About the Cover: Least Sandpiper
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: David A. Sibley 
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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June 2002, Vol. 30, No. 3
Birding the Pondicherry Wildlife Refuge and Vicinity
Robert A. Quinn and David Govatski
Hybrid Terns Cryptically Similar to Forster's Terns Nesting in Massachusetts
Ian C. T. Nisbet
Charles Johnson Maynard: The Enigmatic Naturalist
William E. Davis, Jr.
Summary of Leach's Storm-petrel Nesting on Penikese Island, MA, and a Report of Probable Nesting on Noman's Land Island 
Tom French
Additional Significant Essex County Nest Records from 2001
Jim Berry
Tree Swallow Nesting Success at a Construction Site
Richard Graefe
Field Notes
Birdsitting Joey Mason
About Books: Celebrating Biodiversity
Brooke Stevens
Bird Sightings: January/February 2002
About the Cover: Blue-headed Vireo 
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist:  Andrew Magee 
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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April 2002, Vol. 30, No. 2
An Urban Wonderland: the Boston Nature Center 
Robert H. Stymeist
The Snowy Owl Satellite Telemetry Project
Norman Smith
The Saw-whet Owl Banding Project
Danielle Smith
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Chris Gentes
Boreal Owls Nesting in New Hampshire
Stephen R. Mirick
A Gyr Winter
David Larson
Field Notes
Red-tails in Love, epilogue . . . Henrietta Yelle
Sixth Annual Report of the Massachusetts Avian Records Committee Marjorie Rines, Secretary
The 102nd Christmas Bird Count 12/14/01-1/5/02
Robert H. Stymeist
About Books: Diversity is the Spice of Life
Mark Lynch
Bird Sightings: November/December 2001
About the Cover: Barn Owl
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Nancy R. West
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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February 2002, Vol. 30, No. 1
Birding in Northfield
Mark Taylor 
The Rise and Decline of House Finches in Massachusetts
Thomas R. Hamilton
Unexpected Centers of Winter Landbird Density During the 101st CBC
S. S. Mitra 
First Documented Nesting of White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera) in Massachusetts: The Invasion of the Cone Slashers 
Geoffrey S. LeBaron
The Dynamics of Black-capped Chickadees at Bird Feeders
Herb Wilson
Sibley Birding: How Much Does Your Big Day Weigh? Or, Birding With a Calculator 
Bob Bushnell and Steve Davis
Pocket Places
The Grove at Salisbury Douglas Chickering 
About Books: Who Are Those Guys? A Conversation with Josep del Hoyo, the Creator of the Handbook of the Birds of the World Series
Mark Lynch
Bird Sightings: September/October 2001 
About the Cover: Boreal Chickadee 
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Paul Donahue
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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December 2001, Vol. 29, No. 6
Birding High Ridge Wildlife Management Area Gardner/Westminster/Ashburnham, Massachusetts
Tom Pirro
Of Mascots and Migrants: Three Decades of Keeping Tabs on the Birds of Berkshire Community College
Richard L. Ferren
The Adventures of an Eagle Photographer
Ben Garver
Come Here My Little Chickadee: Sixteen Years of Black-capped Chickadee Banding at Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, Lenox 
René Laubach 
The Pittsfield Nighthawk Watch: 1993-2001
Scott and Joan Robinson
Observations at a Broad-winged Hawk Nest
Jill Johnson
Life and Death on the Links: Monitoring a Bluebird Trail
Kate Ryan
Field Notes
Bluebird Dad Tom Killoren
The Wired Birder: Birding Weather
David Larson
102nd Christmas Bird Count
About Books: A Grand Synthesis: The Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior.
Mark Lynch
Bird Sightings: July/August 2001
About the Cover: Ruddy Duck
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist:  Don Radovich 
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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October 2001, Vol. 29, No. 5
Town of Barnstable: Selected Birding Spots in the Town of Barnstable, Cape Cod
Stauffer Miller
Seabirds of Andrew's Point, Rockport, Massachusetts
Richard S. Heil
Thomas Barbour: The Last of the Gentleman Naturalists
William E. Davis, Jr.
Field Notes
Gull Predation of Sea Ducks Matthew L. Pelikan
The Phoebe and the Moth Steve Davis
About Books: Restoring North America's Birds by Robert Askins
John Hoye
Bird Sightings: May /June 2001 Summary
About the Cover: Long-tailed Jaeger
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: David A. Sibley
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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August 2001, Vol. 29, No. 4
Birding Barn Island Wildlife Management Area, Stonington, Connecticut 
Bob Dewire 
Fall Hawkwatching: When & Where. A Guide to the Best Times and Sites in Our Region
Paul M. Roberts
Upstream Along an Eastern Tributary (Far from the Funneled Floods of Vera Cruz) 
Susan Fogleman
Chronicling Spring Hawk Migration on Cape Cod
Melissa J. Lowe and Donald Manchester, Jr.
Possible Play Behavior of a Peregrine Falcon
William Moskoff
The Wired Birder: Radar Ornithology 
David M. Larson
Cooper’s Hawks: A Population Study with a Brief Discussion of Sharp-shinned Hawks 
Lawrence B. Fischer
Field Notes
Visiting Baby Vultures Marjorie Rines
Bushwacking Hawks David Larson and Susan Carlson
About Books: The Lessons of Living on Osprey Time
Mark Lynch
Books and Other Resources on Hawk Identification, Hawkwatching, and Migration
Paul M. Roberts
Bird Sightings: March/April 2001
About the Cover: American Kestrel William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Paul Donahue
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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June 2001, Vol. 29, No. 3
Birding the Boston Harbor Islands
John Nove
Terns Nesting in Boston Harbor: The Importance of Artificial Sites 
Jeremy J. Hatch
Three Times a Lady
Rob Gough
James Lee Peters and the Check-list of Birds of the World
William E. Davis, Jr.
Acadian Flycatchers Nesting on Martha’s Vineyard, Dukes County
Matthew L. Pelikan
The Wired Birder: Bird Imaging for Art and Documentation
Shawn Carey, Donald Crockett, Stephen Mirick, and David Larson
The Murrelets
Brooke Stevens
Young Birders
A Winter Outing David Allen
Field Notes
Drakes are From Mars: Hens are from Venus Paul Roberts
“Three’s Company” Joey Mason
About Books: A Bird Guide of a Different Kind
Karsten E. Hartel
Taking Wing: Archaeopteryx and the Evolution of Bird Flight
William E. Davis, Jr.
Bird Sightings: January/February 2001
About the Cover: American Redstart William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Julie Zickefoose
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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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
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February 2001, Vol. 29, No. 1
Pocket Places
Groton Place, Groton Lisa Clark
Nelson Island, Rowley Jim Berry
The Trails at Pickering Ponds, Rochester, New Hampshire Stephen R. Mirick
Sapowet Fishing Area, Tiverton, Rhode Island Rachel Farrell
Upper Charles River Greenway Path Robert H. Stymeist
West Brook, Whately Matthew Williams 
A Quadding 2000 Diary
Marjorie Rines
Data Collecting at Your Favorite Local Birding Spot
John Liller
Zero-impact Birding: The Human-powered Year List 
Tony Federer
Significant Recent Nesting Records from Essex County, Part 2
Jim Berry
The Wired Birder: Group Coordination
David M. Larson
Yard Birds
Fifty Years at Wolf Trap Hill Kathleen S. Anderson
Hot Birds
Young Birders
Northern Hawk Owl Will McCumber
Mallard Ducks Gareth Perkins
Field Notes
The Unexpected Bluebird Marjorie Rines
About Books: A Task of No Small Difficulty: A Critical History of the North American Field Guide
Mark Lynch
Bird Sightings: September/October 2000
About The Cover: Bufflehead
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: David Sibley
At A Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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December 2000, Vol. 28, No. 6
Dunback Meadow and Adjacent Areas, Lexington,MA
Marjorie Rines
Significant Recent Nesting Record from Essex County, Part 1
Jim Berry
The Wired Birder
Bird Alerts
David M. Larson
Tricolored Herons and Great Egrets Use Double-Crested Cormorants as Beaters While Foraging
William E. Davis, Jr.
Yard Birds
Young Birders
Close Encounters of an Avian Kind   Andrew P. Brissette
The Benefits of Bird Banding   Yelena Samsonenko
Field Notes
Ring-billed Gull Piracy of Bufflehead   Mark Lynch
101st Christmas Bird Count
Hot Birds
Pocket Places
Bennett Meadows Wildlife Management Area, NorthfieldVince Yurkunas
Wallace Bailey:The Passing of a Giant
Wayne R. Petersen
Wetlands, Migratory Birds, and Ecotourism Workshop
David M. Larson
About Books: Three Contenders: Field Guide to the Birds of North America (Third Edition) by National Geographic Society, Birds of North America by Kenn Kaufman, The Sibley Guide to Birds by David Sibley
Mark Lynch
Bird Sightings: July/August 2000 Summary
Index To Volumes 27 and 28, 1999 and 2000
About the Cover: Western Grebe
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Paul Donahue
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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October 2000, Vol. 28, No. 5
The Uncommon Common Thing
Matthew L. Pelikan
The Oxbow Philadelphia Vireo
Ron Lockwood
A Season of Plover Monitoring on Martha's Vineyard
Greg Levandoski
Birding the Lakes and Marshes of Wakefield and Lynnfield
David Williams
Pocket Places
MattapoisettMark Sylvia
The Old Dump and Vicinity, Northfield, MA  Mark Taylor
Odd Birds
Yard Birds
Field Notes
South Polar Skua   Peter Trull
Nocturnal Foraging by Common Nighthawks   Aaron Roth
Jack the Pelican   Maura J. Amrich
About Books: A Memorial and A Meditation: The Great Auk   by Errol Fuller and
Hope is the Thing with Feathers: A Personal Chronicle of Vanishing Birds by Christopher Cokinos by Errol Fuller 
Mark Lynch
Bird Sightings: May/June 2000 Summary
About The Cover: Ruddy Turnstone
William E. Davis, Jr. 
About the Cover Artist: David Sibley
At A Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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August 2000, Vol. 28, No. 4
Modeling the Potential Impacts of Climate Change on the Summer Distributions of Massachusetts Passerines
Jeff Price
Sunbathing by Black and Turkey Vultures and a Great White Heron
William E. Davis, Jr. and Jerome A. Jackson
Searching for Seabirds in All the Wrong Places: The Joy of Finding Pelagics Inland 
Mark Lynch 
Young Birders From Rhode Island
Tom Seiter
Peter Capobianco
Pocket Places
Wildwood Cemetery and Horn Pond Brook, Winchester   Marjorie A. Rines
Hot Birds
Yard Birds
Field Notes
The Subjective Effect of a Desirable Visual Stimulas on Exhaustion: Sighting of a Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) in Amherst, Massachusetts 5/14/2000   Mark Lynch
A Tale of Urban Red-tails   Larraine Kaplan
About Books: Looking Back
Mark Lynch
Bird Sightings: March/April 2000 Summary
About The Cover: Great Blue Heron
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Barry Van Dusen
At A Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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June 2000, Vol. 28, No. 3
Status of Common Loons on Squam Lake in 1999 
Amy Wright and Kate Taylor 
Winter Population Trends of Six Species of Sparrows 
Thomas R. Hamilton 
The Change in the Numbers of Wintering Hooded Mergansers (Lophodytes Cucullatus) in New England 
Steve Davis 
Birding the Myles Standish State Forest in Plymouth 
Glenn d'Entremont 
Birds and Building a Backyard Pond 
Alan E. Strauss 
Young Birders
Big Day Birding: A Change of Pace Barrett Lawson
Pocket Places
Steele Farm, Boxborough Judy Bartos
Hot Birds
Yard Birds
Field Notes
An Eastern Bluebird Nest with a Twist   Dan Furbish
Playing Tag with Osprey   Tod McLeish
Osprey in Revere   Geoffrey Wood
About Books: Looking Back
Paul M. Roberts
Bird Sightings: Jan/Feb 2000 Summary
About The Cover: Piping Plover
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Rob Gough
At A Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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April 2000, Vol. 28, No. 2
Culture and Seabird Conservation Work Together Along the North Shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence 
Kathleen A. Blanchard
Studying the Design of Bird Refuges Along the Connecticut River 
Robert J. Craig 
Birds and Divorce
William Moskoff 
Birding Spots in Carlisle, Massasschusetts: Gtreat Brook Farm State Park and Cranberry Bog Conservation Lands 
J. Thomas and D'Ann W. Brownrigg 
Young Birders
Massachusetts Audubon Birdathon of 1999   Joseph Moffett
Hot Birds
Yard Birds
Field Notes
A Massachusetts Yellow Rail Experience   Dan Furbish
Robber Blue Jay   Susan Carlson and David Larson
About Books: Looking Back
E.H. Forbush and Other Treasures   Dorothy R. Arvidson
100th Christmas Bird Count 12/16/99-1/3/00
Compiled by Marjorie W. Rines and Robert H. Stymeist
Bird Sightings: November/December 1999 Summary
About The Cover: Wood Duck
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Barry Van Dusen
At A Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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February 2000, Vol. 28, No. 1
Habitat Restoration at Joppa Flats
Bill Gette
The First Annual Big Sit by the River: Foggy Flats and a Seabird Surprise
Rob Gough
Fourth Annual Report of the Massachusetts Avian Records Committee
Marjorie W. Rines, MARC Secretary
Young Birders
Crossbills   Scott Yanco 
Mongolian Madness: Mongolian Plover at Charlestown, Rhode Island, July 24-26, 1999 
Linda Ferraresso 
Block Island, RI 
Robert Fox 
Field Notes
Inland Sighting of Black-legged Kittiwakes   Marjorie W. Rines
About Books: Looking Back
Books That Influenced My Life   William E. Davis, Jr
Bird Sightings: September/October 1999 Summary
About The Cover: Mongolian Plover
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Dan Lane
At A Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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December 1999, Vol. 27, No. 6
In Memorium: Robert J. Goodrich, 1926-1999
Resisting the North Pole's Pull, or,Yes, There is (Avian) Life West of Worcester!
Rene Laubach
Boreal Birds in Northern Berkshire County and Western Franklin County
Ronald E. Rancatti
Wetland Specialtie in Berkshire County
David St. James
Canadian Zone Breeders of Central Berkshire
Edwin J. Neumuth
Southern Birds in Southern Berkshire County
Don Reid
Canoe Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary
Rene Laubach
Bird Sightings: July/August 1999 Summary
About The Cover: Pine Grosbeak
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Barry Van Dusen
At A Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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October 1999, Vol. 27, No. 5
Silvicultural Options for Managing Birds in Northern Hardwoods Forests in Extensively Forested Landscapes
David I. King and Richard M. DeGraaf
Selfish Generosity: Cooperative Breeding in Birds
Maria Hersek
Interspecific Helping Behavior: House Sparrows at Baltimore Oriole and Eastern Kingbird Nests
Kenneth Hudson
Birding the Lower Emerald Necklace: Jamaica Pond to the Back Bay
Robert G. Mayer
About Books: Looking Back
Books That Made Me a Birder   John Kricher
Field Notes From Here and There
Red-tailed Hawk Chased Off by Common Nighthawks   Aaron Roth
Observations on a Chukar in Boston   Kenneth Hudson
Bird Sightings: May/June 1999 Summary
About The Cover: Merlin
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Barry Van Dusen
At A Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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August 1999, Vol. 27, No. 4
Birding the Blackstone Valley: Uxbridge-Northbridge, Massachusetts
Richard W. Hildreth and Strickland Wheelock
Bird Banding Station at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge
Bill Gette
Red-eyed Vireos Attack Their Images
William E. Davis, Jr.
About Books: Looking Back
My Favorite Bird Books   Brian Cassie
Field Notes From Here and There
A Murder of Crows   Majorie W. Rines
Bird Sightings: March/April 1999 Summary
About The Cover: American Avocet
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Paul Donahue
At A Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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June 1999, Vol. 27, No. 3
Exploring Estabrook Woods
Ron Lockwood
Memories of Mergansers
Tudor Richards
The Case of the Purloined Hawk Eggs
David A. Talman
Sharing the Eagle
Marjorie W. Rines
About Books: Looking Back
The Books that Made Me a Birder   Mark Lynch
Field Notes From Here and There
Starlings and Tent Caterpillars   Richard W. Hildreth
On the Farm   Oakes Plimpton
Nuttall Ornithological Club: 1999 Request for Proposals: 
Charles Blake Fund Grants
Bird Observer: On Becoming a Truly Statewide Journal
Bird Sightings: January/February 1999 Summary
About The Cover: Ovenbird
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Barry Van Dusen
At A Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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April 1999, Vol. 27, No. 2
World's End Reservation, Hingham
Kevin Godfrey
A Hermit Thrush Foraging for Northern Red-backed Salamanders
Frederick Thurber
Book Review: Check-list of North American Birds: The Species of Birds of North America from the Arctic through Panama, Including the West Indies and Hawaiian Islands 
John Kricher
Bird Sightings: November/December 1998 Summary
Christmas Bird Count 12/18/98-1/3/99
Compiled by Marjorie W. Rines and Robert H. Stymeist
About The Cover: Yellow-throated Warbler
William E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Julie Zickefoose
At A Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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February 1999, Vol. 27, No. 1
About the Cover Artist:   Barry Van Dusen
They Sang It Their Way: The Deviat Chickadees of Martha's Vineyard
Bruce E. Beyers and Donald E. Kroodsma
He Spanned Two Eras: Charles Foster Batchelder, Last of the "Shotgun" Ornithologists
William E. Davis, Jr
Birding the Delaney Wildlife Management Area
Simon and Lisa Hennin
Book Review: The Song of the Dodo 
William E. Davis, Jr
Bird Sightings: September/October 1998 Summary
About The Cover: Black-capped Chickadee
William E. Davis, Jr.
At A Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
Cover Illustration: Black-capped Chickadee by Barry Van Dusen
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December 1998, Vol. 26, No. 6
About the Cover Artist:   Barry Van Dusen
Third Annual Report of the Massachusetts Avian Records Committee (MARC)
Wayne Petersen
Massachusetts Avian Records Committee Review List
A Wintering Hermit Warbler on Martha's Vineyard
Matthew L. Pelikan
Birding Around Enfield, New Hampshire
Pam Hunt
Video Review: 
The Large Gulls of North America   Mark Lynch
Editorial: Birders and Records
New Toys for Enhanced Birding
Robert Campbell
Bird Sightings: July/August 1998 Summary
Index To Volumes 25 and 26, 1997 and 1998
About the Cover: White-throated Sparrow
William E. Davis, Jr.
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
Cover Illustration: White-throated Sparrow by Barry Van Dusen
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October 1998, Vol. 26, No. 5
Biodversity Day
Marjorie W. Rines
Evolutionary Lag in Cowbird Nestling Recognition by Ovenbirds
F.E. Wasserman, M.J. Hersk, M.A. Frankel, J.A. Cigliano, D.C. Morimoto, J. Moran
Sandwiches and Sparrows: Lunch-Hour Birding in Lexington
Marjorie W. Rines
ABA Commendation for Local Birder
Pine Grosbeaks Eting Elaeagnus Umbellata Seeds
Book Review: How to Spot an Owl; How to Spot Hawks and Eagles 
Mark Lynch
Bird Sightings: May/June 1998 Summary
About The Cover: Yellow-rumped Warbler
W. E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Louise Zemaitis
At A Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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August 1998, Vol. 26, No. 4
Observers Observed: How We Affect the Birds We Watch
<1>Marta Herek
American Birding Association Principles f Birding Ethics
The Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge
Beth Goettel
Birding Nauset Marsh, Eastham/Orleans
Jackie Sones
Book Review: Identification Guide to North American Birds, Part I
Mark Lynch
Video Review: Hawk Watch: A Video Guide to Eastern Raptors
Jane Stein
Bird Sightings: March/April 1998 Summary
About The Cover: Baird's Sandpiper
W. E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Don Radovich
At A Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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June 1998, Vol. 26, No. 3
Birding Lake Umbagog
Tudor Richards and Bob Quinn
The Birds of Lake Umbagog
Tudor Richards and Bob Quinn (and William Brewster)
The History of the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge
Thomas R. Hamilton
Bait-Fishing by Birds: A Fascinating Example of Tool Use
William E. Davis, Jr. and Julie Zickefoose
Book Review: Red-Tails In Love by Marie Winn
Alden Clayton
Field Notes From Here and There
Ross's Gull on Cape Cod   Stauffer Miller
Bird Sightings: January/February 1997 Summary
About The Cover: Bay-breasted Warbler
W. E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Paul Donahue
At A Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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April 1998, Vol. 26, No. 2
The Purple Martin in Massachusetts
David E. Clapp
Notes on a Wintering Mixed Sparrow Flock
Matthew L. Pelikan
Book Review: A Field Guide To Warblers of North America, by Jon L. Dunn and Kimball L. Garrett 
Mark Lynch
Field Notes From Here and There
Cooperatively Hunting Great Horned Owls   James MacDougall
Tag-team Screech-Owls   Scott Cronenweth
Bird Sightings: November/December 1996 Summary
Christmas Bird Counts 1996
Compiled by Marjorie W. Rines and Robert H. Stymeist
About The Cover: Cattle Egret
W. E. Davis, Jr.
At A Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
Cover Illustration: Cattle Egret by Richard Salvucci
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February 1998, Vol. 26, No. 1
Range Expansion of the Red-bellied Woodpecker
Jerome A. Jackson and William E. Davis
Red-bellied Woodpeckers Raising Second Brood
Marjorie W. Rines
The Generalist Foraging Habits of Northern Mockingbirds
Marta J. Hersek and Kim C. Derrickson
Wildlife Viewing in the Great Swamp
Chris Raithel
Book Review: Handbook of the Birds of the World , Edited by Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, and Jordi Sargatal
Mark Lynch
Field Notes From Here and There
Now, This is Birding   Dan Furbish
A "Grousehawk"   Oakes Plimpton
Bird Sightings: September/October 1997 Summary
About The Cover:
W. E. Davis, Jr.
At A Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
Cover Illustration: Red-bellied Woodpecker by Barry van Dusen
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December 1997, Vol. 25, No. 6
The Mating Game
Marta Hersek
Outram Bangs and the Creation of a World-Class Bird Collection at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology
William E. Davis
Birding the Connecticut River Valley in Hadley, Massachusetts
From Birding Western Massachusetts: The Central Connecticut River Valley - The Kestrel Trust Area 
Book Review: All the Birds of North America , by Jack L. Griggs
Wayne R. Petersen
Field Notes From Here and There
Gone Goose   Nick Komar
Inland Marbled Godwit Record   Robert C. Bradbury
Cedar Waxwings and Multiflora Roses   Matthew L. Pelikan
Bird Sightings: July/August 1997 Summary
About The Cover:
W. E. Davis, Jr.
At A Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
Cover Illustration: Barred Owl by Louise Zemaitis
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October 1997, Vol. 25, No. 5
About the Cover Artist: Barry van Dusen
Notes on the Essex County Whooper Swans
Jim Berry
The Essex County Whooper Swans: The MDFW Position
Tom French
A Middlesex County Duck Hunt
Matthew L. Pelikan
Book Review: Lives of North American Birds, by Kenn Kaufman Mark Lynch
First Galactic Records
Robery Campbell
Field Notes From Here and There
Harlequin Duck Courtship   Matthew L. Pelikan
Successful Osprey Nest at Parker River NWR
Duckbusters   Eddie Giles
Bird Sightings: May/June 1997 Summary
About The Cover:
W. E. Davis, Jr.
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
Cover Illustration: Harlequin Duck by Barry van Dusen
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August 1997, Vol. 25, No. 4
Birding Rhode Island's East Bay Bike Path
Steve Davis
Second Annual Report of the Massachusetts Avian Records Committee (MARC)
Wayne Petersen. MARC Chairman
Massachusetts Avian Records Committee Review List
Second Massachusetts Record of Hermit Warbler
Curtis A. Marantz and Dianne Quilty
First Confirmed Nesting of Clay-Colored Sparroe (Spizella pallida ) in New England
Lysle Brinker and Peter D. Vickery
Book Review: The Ecology of Migrant Birds: A neotropical Perspective, by John H. Rappole John Kricher
Field Notes From Here and There
Foraging Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  Matthew L. Pelikan
Bird Sightings: March/April 1997 Summary
About The Cover: Wood Thrush
W. E. Davis, Jr.
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
Cover Illustration: Wood Thrush by Barry van Dusen
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June 1997, Vol. 25, No. 3
Birding Addison, Vt
Terry Hall
Forest-Powerline Edges, Clearcutting, and Bird Communities
William E. Davis, Jr.
First Nesting Record For Great Egret On Outer Cape Cod
Jennifer Lynn Megyesi
Looking For Where To Look: Maps and Bird-Finding
Marjorie W. Rines
Book Review: The Origin and Evolution of Birds, by Alan Feduccia William E. Davis
Field Notes From Here and There
Unusual Ruffed Grouse Behavior   Tom Pirro
Gyrfalcon in Lowell, Ma. nbsp; Linda Hunnewell
Bird Sightings: January/February 1997 Summary
About The Cover: Pileated Woodpecker
W. E. Davis, Jr.
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
Cover Illustration: Pileated Woodpecker by Barry van Dusen
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April 1997, Vol. 25, No. 2
In Memoriam: Richard Alan Forster
Wayne R. Petersen
Winter of the Butcher-Bird: The Northern Shrike Invasion of 1995-1996
Wayne R. Petersen and William E. Davis, Jr.
Using Christmas Bird Counts to Track Population Trends of Four Frugivorous Passerines
Thomas R. Hamilton
Book Review: The Nature of Massachusetts, by Christopher Leahy, John Hanson Mitchell, and Thomas Conuel Mark Lynch
Killdeer Nest on Grovel Roofs of Office Buildings in Canton, Massachusetts
William E. Davis, Jr, and Craig Armstrong
Field Notes From Here and There
Hungrey Northern Shrike Trapped   William E. Davis, Jr.
Bird Sightings: November/December 1996 Summary
Christmas Bird Counts, 1996
Compiled by Marjorie W. Rines and Robert H. Stymeist
About The Cover: Northern Shrike
W. E. Davis, Jr.
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
Cover Illustration: Northern Shrike by Barry van Dusen
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February 1997, Vol. 25, No. 1
From the President
Marjorie Rines
Summary of the 1996 North American Migration Court in New England: Portrait of a Fallout
Michael Resch
The Nantucker Oldsquaw Flight: New England's Greatest Bird Show?
William E. Davis, Jr.
Birding the Great Woods of Lynn
John Quigley and JoAnne Benard
Book Review: How Birds Migrate, by Paul Kerlinger, and Diary of a Left-handed Birdwatcher by Leonard Nathan John Kricher
After the Owl: Reflections on Big Birds
Mathew L. Pelikan
American Birding Association: Principles of Birding Ethics
The ABA Code of Ethics: What It Is, What It Does
Blake Maybank
Bird Sightings: September/October 1996 Summary
About The Cover: Oldsquaw
About the Cover Artist: Paul Donahue
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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December 1996, Vol. 24, No. 6
West Roxbury: Birding On the Edge In Boston
Thomas Aversa
Christmas Count Owling
Brian Cassie
Notes on the Response of Small Birds to the Presence of a Cooper's Hawk at Winter Bird Feeders
William E. Davis, Jr.
Middlesex Fells Reservation Revisited
Paul Donahue
Book Review: Stellwagen Bank: A Guide to the Whales, Seabirds, and Marine Life of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, by Nathalie Ward Simon Perkins
Tide Table, 1997
Bird Sightings: July/August 1996 Summary
Index to Volume 24, 1996
About The Cover: Short-eared Owl
About the Cover Artist: Julie Zickefoose
M. Steele
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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October 1996, Vol. 24, No. 5
Birding the Lower Blackstone River Valley, Rhode Island 
Rick Enser 
The Mothers of Conservation 
John Hanson Mitchell 
Testing A Model That Predicts Future Bird List Totals 
Robert W. Ricci 
Book Review: Last of the Curlews and The Flight of the Red Knot, 
Wayne R. Petersen
Field Notes From Here and There
Possible Bald Eagle Predation of a Piping Plover Nest   Jill A. Seale
Observations on Killdeers and Starlings   Oakes Plimpton
Bird Sightings: May/June 1996 Summary
About The Cover: White-winged Crossbill
W. E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Julie Zickefoose
M. Steele
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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August 1996, Vol. 24, No. 4
Bluff Point Coastal Reserve 
Arnold Devine and Dwight G. Smith 
Breeding Birds of the Massachusetts Military Reservation 
Paul M. Cavanagh, Karen A. Wilson, and Peter B. Trimble
Cape Tip Birding by Bike 
John C. Young 
The Identification Guide Series: An Overview (Part Two) 
Mark Lynch 
Major Broad-winged hawk Flights Reported by the Eastern Massachusetts Hawk Watch 
Bird Sightings: March/April 1996 Summary
About The Cover: Northern Goshawk
W. E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Richard Salvucci
M. Steele
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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June 1996, Vol. 24, No. 3
Where To Go Birding: 
Birding the Pawtuckaway Area in Southeastern New Hampshire 
Alan Delorey 
Grafton Notch (Maine) State Park 
Elizabeth C. Pierson, Jan Erik Pierson, and Peter D. Vickery 
Experience with Clapper Rails in the Barnstable Great Marsh 
Stauffer Miller 
Book Review: Birdfinder: A Birder's Guide to Planning North American Trips by Jerry A. Cooper
Bruce Hallett 
Field Notes From Here and There
A Report on the Bluebirds in Spencer, Massachusetts   Bill Allan
The Birds of Post Office Square, Boston   Joseph M. Adamson
Teaming With Wildlife 
Bird Sightings: January/February 1996 Summary
About The Cover: Bobolink
W. E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Barry W. Van Dusen
M. Steele
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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April 1996, Vol. 24, No. 2
Birding the Nashua, New Hampshire, Area 
Ralph Andrews 
Partners in Flight: Proactive Conservation for Neotropical Migratory Birds and their Habitata 
Peter W. Stangel 
Massachusetts partners in Flight Working Group 
Bradford G. Blodget
Notes on 1995 Nesting Attempt of Green Heron Pair at Mount Auburn Cemetery 
William E. Davis, Jr. 
Summary of 1995 North American Migration Count in New England 
Michael Resch 
Bird Sightings: November/December 1995 Summary 
Christmas Bird Counts 12/16/95-12/31/95
Compiled by Marjorie W. Rines and Robert H. Stymeist
Book Review: Monographs About Birds: A Bewildering Assortment, 
William E. Davis, Jr 
About the Cover Artist: Julie Zickefoose
M. Steele
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
Cover Illustration: Green Heron by Julie Zickefoose
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February 1996, Vol. 24, No. 1
Cumberland Farms Fields 
Kathleen S. Anderson 
The Impact of Bird Feeding on Wintering Birds 
Herb Wilson 
On Collecting Vagrants 
John C. Kricher 
The Identification Guide Series: An Overview 
Mark Lynch 
Field Notes From Here and There
Cooper's Hawk and Great Horned Owl Encounter   Christopher Phillips and Paul Ricard
Fall Shorebird Migration in Central Massachusetts   Robert C. Bradbury
Bird Sightings: September/October 1995 Summary
About The Cover: Common Redpoll
W. E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Barry W. Van Dusen
M. Steele
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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December 1995, Vol. 23, No. 6
Birding the Nooks and Crannies of Nahant 
Linda Pivacek
Conservation of Cliff Swallows in Massachusetts 
Mara Silver
Ram Island: Recovery in Progress 
Richard A. Harlow, Jr.
Downy Woodpecker and White-Breasted Nuthatch Use "Vice" To Open Sunflower Seeds: Is This An Example of Tool Use? 
William E. Davis, Jr. 
Tide table, 1996 
Field Notes From Here and There 
A Case of Swanslaughter   Gina and Web Jackson
Death - and Life - on the Mystic   Paul M. Roberts
Bird Sightings: July/August 1995 Summary
About The Cover: Snowy Owl
W. E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Keith Hansen
M. Steele
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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October 1995, Vol. 23, No. 5
Birding Biddeford Pool 
Nancy McReel 
First Annual Report of the Massachusetts Avian Records Committee (MARC) 
Wayne R. Petersen
The Importance of Documenting Birds 
Mark Lynch 
Black-Tailed Gull Sighting 
Patricia A. O'Neill 
Tactile Foraging Behavior in a Vagrant Black-tailed Gull 
William E. Davis, Jr. 
Tape Review: More Birding by Ear (Eastern and Central): A Guide to Bird Song Identification, by Richard K. Walton and Robert W. Lawson
Patricia N. Fox
Bird Sightings: May/June 1995 Summary
About The Cover: Red-shouldered Hawk
W. E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Keith Hansen
M. Steele
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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August 1995, Vol. 23, No. 4
Birding in Dartmouth and Westport During Fall and Winter 
Michael A. Boucher 
The Migration of Red-Necked Phalaropes: Ecological Mysteries and Conservation Concerns 
Charles D. Duncan 
The Fall Hawk Migration - the Eastern Massachusetts Hawk Watch: Twentry Years and Counting 
Paul M. Roberts 
Book Review: Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume I, , edited by J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, and J. Sargatal
John C. Kricher
Bird Clubs in Massachusetts 
Bird Sightings: March/April 1995 Summary
About The Cover: Red-necked Phalarope
W. E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Paul Donahue
M. Steele
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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June 1995, Vol. 23, No. 3
Bartholomew's Cobble: Birding the Southwestern Corner of Massachusetts
Don Reid 
Pick Up Your Binoculars and Run 
Wayne R. Petersen
An Aberrant Mockingbird
William E. Davis, Jr 
The Bald Eagle in Massachusetts: A Perspective
William J. Davis
Book Review: Shadowbirds: A Quest for Rails , by William Burt
Wayne R. Petersen
Field Notes From Here and There 
Third State Record of Mountain Bluebird in Massachusetts  Edwin Hoopes
White-Winged Junco   Richard Harlow
murder on the High Seas   Tom Young
Bird Sightings: January/February 1995 Summary
About The Cover: Chestnut-sided Warbler
W. E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Julie Zickefoose
M. Steele
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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April 1995, Vol. 23, No. 2
Birding Marblehead: Marblehead neck Wildlife Sanctuary and Beyond 
Jan Smith 
Conservation of Grassland Birds in the Northeast 
Robert A. Askins 
Distribution and Population Status of Grassland Birds in Massachusetts 
Andrea L. Jones and Peter D. Vickery 
Bobolink Protection and Mortality on Suburban Conservation Lands
Stephen F. Ells 
Field Notes From Here and There 
Breeding Henslow's Sparrows in Lincoln, Massachusetts, 1994  Stephen F. Ells
Book Review: Eastern Birds: A Guide to Field Identification of North American Species by James Coe 
Brian Cassie
Bird Sightings: November/December 1994 Summary
Christmas Bird Counts 12/17/94-1/2/95
Compiled by Marjorie W. Rines and Robert H. Stymeist
About The Cover: Upland Sandpiper
W. E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Barry W. Van Dusen
M. Steele
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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February 1995, Vol. 23, No. 1
Athol's Winter Specialties 
Dave Small and Bill Fregeau 
Ten Years and a Year: The Fall Waterfowl Census at Fresh Pond, Cambridge, 1984-1993,1994 
James H. Barton
Where Do The Loons Go? A Field Guide To DNA Classification of North American Birds 
John C. Kricher
Red-Breasted nuthatches and the Winter of 1993-1994
William E. Davis, Jr., and Wayne R. Petersen
Book Review: The Beak of the Finch by Jonathan Weiner
John C. Kricher
Bird Sightings: September/October 1994 Summary
About The Cover: Gyrafalcon
W. E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Paul Donahue
M. Steele
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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December 1994, Vol. 22, No. 6
Birding Portland's Back Cove 
Richard R. Eakin 
The Newport-Westport Christmas Bird Count 
Steve Davis 
Using Christmas Bird Count Data to Determine Population Trends of Five Bird Species 
Thomas R. Hamilton 
Tide table, 1995 
Book Review: Dean of Birdwatchers: A Biography of Ludlow Griscom by William E. Davis, Jr.
Richard K. Walton
Bird Sightings: July/August 1994 Summary
Index to Volume 22, 1994 
About The Cover: Northern Saw-whet Owl
W. E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Julie Zickefoose
M. Steele
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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October 1994, Vol. 22, No. 5
Five Seasons in Western Hampden County: Birding A Big Backyard 
Seth Kellogg 
Fall Migration of Peregrine Falcons at Coastal and Island Locations in Maine 
Roger D. Applegate 
Book Review: The Human Nature of Birds by Theodore Xenophon Barber
William E. Davis
Field Notes From Here and There 
Red-tailed Hawk and Dead Crow   Sandy Selesky
Breakfast with a Hoody   Alan Strauss
Bird Sightings: May/June 1994 Summary
About The Cover: Osprey
W. E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Barry W. Van Dusen
Martha Steele
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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August 1994, Vol. 22, No. 4
Birding the Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary 
David Clapp 
Oystercatcher redux 
Lawry Sager 
A Podiceps Primer
Matthew L. Pelikan 
Book Review: Birds in Brazil by Helmut Sick
John Kricher
Bird Sightings: March/April 1994 Summary
About The Cover: Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
W. E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Paul Donahue
Martha Steele
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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June 1994, Vol. 22, No. 3
Finding Birds in Pittsburg, New Hampshire 
Robert A. Quinn 
The Great Bohemian Waxwing Flight of 1994 
Richard A. Forster 
Book Review: In Trouble Again: A Journey Between the Orinoco and the Amazon by Redmond O'Hanlon
Alden Clayton
Announcement: A Birder's Guide to Eastern Massachusetts
William E. Davis, Jr. 
First Report of the Massachusetts Avian Records Committee (MARC) 
Wayne Petersen
MARC State List
American Robins Nesting in Phragmites 
Kenneth Hudson 
Field Notes From Here and There 
The Battle for the Fish   Paul Roberts
The Birds and the Burrs   Frances M. Garretson
Bird Sightings: January/February 1994 Summary
About The Cover: Worm-eating Warbler
W. E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Julie Zickefoose
Martha Steele
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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April 1994, Vol. 22, No. 2
Franklin Park: Forgotten Gem of the Emerald Necklace 
Thomas Aversa 
Birding the Martin H. Burns Wildlife Management Area 
Skip Charette and Douglas E. Chickering
The Real First Record of Ancient Murrelet for Massachusetts? 
Franklin C. Hass
Book Review: A Naturalist in New Guinea by Bruce M. Beehler
William E. Davis, Jr.
Announcement: A Birder's Guide to Eastern Massachusetts
William E. Davis, Jr.
Field Notes From Here and There 
Common Loon Encounter: Big Squam Lake, New Hampshire   Eric Cutler
A Brambling in Groveland   Douglas E. Chickering
Bird Sightings: November/December 1993 Summary
Christmas Bird Count 12/18/93-1/2/94
Compiled by Marjorie W. Rines and Robert H. Stymeist
About The Cover: Turkey Vulture
W. E. Davis, Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Barry W. Van Dusen
Martha Steele
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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February 1994, Vol. 22, No. 1
Birding the New Hampshire Seacoast 
Steve Mirick 
Hotlines and Birding Talk by Computer 
Jane Lufkin Davis 
Book Review: Peterson Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe by Roger Tory Peterson, Guy Mountfort, and P.A.D. Hollom, and Birds of Europe with North Africa and the Middle East by Lars Jonsson
Mark Lynch
Field Notes From Here and There
Maine-Released Peregrine Falcon Recovered in Connecticut  Roger D. Applegate and Julie Victoria
American Robin Alloparenting at a House Sparrow Nest   Arnold Devine and Dwigh G. Smith
A Decade of Snowy Owls at Logan Airport 
Norman Smith 
Bird Sightings: September/October 1993 Summary
About The Cover: Audubon's Gatling of Woodpeckers
W. E. Davis, Jr.
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
Cover Illustration: Red-bellied Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Lewis' Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, circa 1882, 1836-1837, by John James Audubon.
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December 1993, Vol. 21, No. 6
Birding the Southern Maine Coast from Oqunquit to Kittery point 
Bridget A. Coullon 
Trends in Neotropical Migrant Populations: Report On A Symposium 
John C. Kricher 
A Winter Getaway: Guanica State Forest. Puerto Rico 
Howard D. Faria 
Book Review: Birds of Massachusetts by Richard R. Veit and Wayne R. Petersen
Frederick Purnell, Jr.
Ornithological Multitudes 
Hanson C. Robbins 
Field Notes From Here and There
Good Year for Nesting Grasshopper Sparrows   Robert C. Bradbury
A Use for Starlings   Matthew L. Pelikan
A Word About Where-To-Go-Birding Articles
Call for Volunteers
Bird Sightings: July/August 1993 Summary
Index to Volume 21, 1993 
About The Cover: Irruptive Bird Species
Meet Our Cover Artist: Gordon Morrison
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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October 1993, Vol. 21, No. 5
Lighthouse Point Park 
Arnold Devine and Dwight G. Smith 
Lloyd Center Estuarine Winter Waterfowl Census 
John O. Hill, Jr, and Mark J. Mello 
The Wild Turkey: An Update 
James E. Cardoza 
The Day the Birds Cried: Remembering Ted Parker 
Peter Alden
Field Notes From Here and There
Sighting of a Black-tailed Godwit in Massachusetts   Robert C. Bradbury
Blair Nikula 
Bird Sightings: May/June 1993 Summary
About The Cover: American Woodcock
Meet Our Cover Artist: Gordon Morrison
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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August 1993, Vol. 21, No. 4
Birding South Brookline 
Robert H. Stymeist
Recolonization of the Common Raven in Berkshire County, Massachusetts 
Timothy J. Flanagan 
Book Review: A Shadow and a Song by Mark Jerome Walters
John Kricher
Field Notes From Here and There
Some Observations of Nesting Yellow Warblers   Alan E. Strauss
Bird Sightings: March/April 1993 Summary
About The Cover: Common Raven
Meet Our Cover Artist: Robert Shetterly
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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June 1993, Vol. 21, No. 3
Birding Vermont's Northeast Kingdom: An Overview 
Walter G. Ellison and Illustrations by Nancy L. Martin
Second-Year Management of a Cliff Swallow Colony in Massachusetts 
Mara Silver 
The Piper's Progress 
Scott Hecter
Similarities Between Birding Identification and Medical Diagnosis 
Stephen Davis
Field Notes From Here and There
Redtail Drowns Mallard   Richard and Lisa Estes
Update: Metropolitan State Hospital Property
Bird Sightings: January/February 1993 Summary
About The Cover: Spruce Grouse
Meet Our Cover Artist: Paul Donahue
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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April 1993, Vol. 21, No. 2
Birding the Housatonic Valley Wildlife Management Area 
David St. James 
Bicknell's Thrush: A Northeastern Songbird in Trouble?
Christopher C. Rimmer, Jonathan L. Atwood, and Laura R. Nagy 
Book Review: The Macmillon Field Guide to Bird Identification by Alan Harris, Laurel Tucker, and Keith Vinicombe
Robert Hilton
Field Notes From Here and There
Unusual Behavior of a Baird's Sandpier   Alden Clayton
American Kestrel Caching Food   David E. Clapp 
Never Bite a Pitohui, It's Poisonous   William E. Davis, Jr. 
Phalaropes, Phalaropes Everywhere  Richard A. Forster
Bird Sightings: November/December 1992 Summary
Christmas Bird Count 12/17/92-1/3/93
Robert H. Stymeist
About The Cover: Gray-cheeked Thrush
Meet Our Cover Artist: Barry W. Van Dusen
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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February 1993, Vol. 21, No. 1
Fifty Years of Birding: An Interview With Margaret Argue
Martha Steele 
Ludlow Griscom: The Birdwatchers's Guru 
William E. Davis, Jr. 
Best Birds in Massachusetts: 1973-1992
William R. Petersen
Historians of Essex County and the Essex County Ornithological Club of Massachusetts 
Jim MacDougali 
Birding Memories From Our Readers 
Bird Sightings: September/October 1992 Summary
About The Cover: The First Twenty Years
Staff Roll Call: Gathering the Flock 
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
Cover Illustration: Collage
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December 1992, Vol. 20, No. 6
Birding Boston: The Common to the Fens 
Kenneth Hudson 
Is Winter Bird Feeding Good For Birds?
Erica H. Dunn 
A Selective Analysis of Data From the Newburyport Christmas Bird Count 
Jim Berry 
Book Review: Masterpieces of Bird Art: 700 Years of Ornithological Illustration by Roger F. Pasquier and John Farrand, Jr
William E. Davis, Jr
Bird Sightings: July/August 1992 Summary
About The Cover: Great Horned Owl
Meet Our Cover Artist: Gordon Morrison
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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October 1992, Vol. 20, No. 5
Waterfowl In the Berkshires 
Bartlett Hendricks
A Key Link in Greater Boston's Wildlife Habitat: Metropolitan State Hospital
John Andrews and Lee Taylor
Book Review: The Feather Quest by Pete Dunne
John Kricher
Are Accipiter Populations in Winter Affected by Bird Feeders? 
William E. Davis, Jr. 
Entanglement of Common Eiders in Clam Culture Nets 
Edwin M. Hoopes 
Field Notes From Here and There
Eurasian Wigeon Pair in Uxbridge   Robert C. Bradbury
Bird Sightings: May/June 1992 Summary
About The Cover: American Robin in Winterberry
Meet Our Cover Artist: Barry W. Van Dusen
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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August 1992, Vol. 20, No. 4
Monhegan: Island of Possibilities 
Scott Surner 
Henslow's Sparrow and Grasshopper Sparrow: A Comparison of Habitat Use In Finger Lakes National Forest, New York 
Donald J. Smith and Charles R. Smith 
Nesting Success of Eastern Bluebirds In Myles Standish State Forest 
Some Observations On The Breeding Behavior Of Least Terns 
Alan E. Strauss 
Book Review: Flight Strategies of Migrating Hawks by Paul Kerlinger
Paul M. Roberts
Field Notes From Here and There
The Dance of the Ring-billed Gull   John C. Kricher
Bird Sightings: March/April 1992 Summary
About The Cover: Manx Shearwater
Meet Our Cover Artist: Barry W. Van Dusen
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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June 1992, Vol. 20, No. 3
Summer-Fall Workshops 1992 
Coastal Birding in Rhode Island 
Alan E. Strauss 
Predation By A Peregrine Falcon On Common And Roseate Terns On Bird Island 
Ian C. T. Nisbet 
Anything But Barren, Part II: The Search For Patterns Continues 
David C. Morimoto 
Book Review: A Parrot Without a Name by Don Stap
Dorothy R. Arvidson
Book Review: On Watching Birds by Lawrence Kilham
William E. Davis. Jr.
Field Notes From Here and There
Unusual Prey Attainment Of An Immature Red-Tailed Hawk  Steven Arena
Cormorant and Clam   Jeremy J. Hatch
The Massachusetts Avian Records Committee
Wayne R. Petersen
Bird Sightings: January/February 1992 Summary
About The Cover: Atlantic Puffin
Meet Our Cover Artist: Paul Donahue
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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April 1992, Vol. 20, No. 2
Birding At Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary 
Christopher Phillips and Mark Lynch
Anything But Barren: The Search For Patterns In The Breeding Bird Community Of The Massachusetts Pine Barrens
David C. Morimoto 
The Great Gannet Wreck of '91 
Blair Nikula 
Skua Identification
Simon Perkins 
Book Review: Birds of Prey In Connecticut by Gene Billings
H. Christian Floyd
Field Notes From Here and There
Territorial Blue Grosbeak at Broad Meadow Brook   Robert Bradbury
Bird Sightings: November/December 1991 Summary
About The Cover: Red-winged Blackbird
Meet Our Cover Artist: Barry Van Dusen
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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February 1992, Vol. 20, No. 1
Concan On The Edwards Plateau, Texas
John C. Kricher and William E. Davis, Jr. 
Forest Fragmentation and the Decline of Migratory Songbirds 
Robert A. Askins 
The Piping Plover In Massachsuetts: Status of Recovery and research Efforts
David W. Rimmer
Tape Review: Western Birding By Ear: A Guide To Bird Song Identification by Richard K. Walton and Robert W. Lawson
Bruce Hallet
Bird Sightings: September/October 1991 Summary
About The Cover: Black-capped Vireo
Meet Our Cover Artist: Rick Frey
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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December 1991, Vol. 19, No. 6
Birding The Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary
Jim MacDougall
Profiles of New England Ornithologists: Ruth P. Emery, The Original Voice of Audubon
James Baird
Book Review: The Search for the Pink-Headed Duck by Rory Nugent
Mark Lynch
Field Notes From Here and There
Decoy Behavior of Golden-Winged Warblers At Nest   Robert C. Bradbury
Hummingbirds In A Hurricane   Richard F. Graefe
Forster's Tern Nesting In Plum Island Marshes   David Rimmer and Russ Hopping
Leucistic Black-Capped Chickadee   Michael Onyon
The Spruce Grouse   William E. Davis, Jr
Late Winter-Spring Workshops 1992
Field Records: July/August 1991 Summary
Index to Volume 19, 1991
About The Cover: Bohemian Waxwing
Meet Our Cover Artist: Barry W. Van Dusen
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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October 1991, Vol. 19, No. 5
Where To Watch Birds In Framingham 
Richard A. Forster 
Barn Owls Nesting On Nantucket
Edith F. Andrews
Rare Bird Alert At Outermost House 
Nan Turner Waldron 
How Do Carolina Wrens Survive New England Winters? 
William E. Davis, Jr. 
Book Review: A Season at the Point: The Birds and Birders of Cape May by Jack Connor
John C. Kricher
Field Records: May/June 1991 Summary
About The Cover: Peregrine Falcon
Meet Our Cover Artist: Paul Donahue
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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August 1991, Vol. 19, No. 4
Birding Martha's Vineyard
E. Vernon Laux, Jr.
Evolution of Distress Calls In Birds: Still An Enigma
William E. Davis, Jr.
Profiles Of New England Ornithologists: Joseph A. Hagar
Bradford G. Blodget
Buff-Breasted Sandpipers In Middleboro
Alan E. Strauss
Where To Look For The Buff-Breasted Sandpiper
Richard A. Forster
Field Notes From Here and There
Unusual Roosting Behavior of the Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia Longicauda)Brian A. Cassie, Jr.
Unusual Feeding Behavior of the Red-billed Scythebill (Campylorhamphus Trochilirostris   Brian E. Cassie, Jr.
Great Black-backed Gull Attack on a Surf Scoter   Clark Ewer
Field Records: March/April 1991 Summary
About The Cover: Black-legged Kittiwake
Meet Our Cover Artist: Paul Donahue
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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June 1991, Vol. 19, No. 3
Finding A Black Rail
Emmalee Bowers Tarry
Winter Populations Of The House Finch In New England, 1985-1989
Steve Davis
Differences in Foraging Ability Of Adult And Juvenile Snowy Egrets In The Saugus River Marsh
Donald M. Kent
Book Reviews:
Birding Cape Code by the Cape Cod Bird Club and Massachusetts Audubon Society
Marilyn Murphy
Outdoor Optics by Leif J. Robinson
Robert Manns
Field Notes From Here and There
Photo Record: American White Pelican, October 6, 1990, Eastham, Massachusetts Kyle Jones
Owl Coughs Up a Boulder   Jim Berry
An Obliging Short-eared Owl   Sandy Selesky
Another Wild Goose Chase: Addendum to the Osterville Barnacles Dorothy R. Arvidson
Field Records: January/February 1991 Summary
About The Cover: Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Martha Steele
Meet Our Cover Artist: Gordon Morrison
Martha Steele
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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April 1991, Vol. 19, No. 2
Introduction To 1990 AFO/WOS Symposium: The Amateur In Ornithology
Edward H. Burtt, Jr.
The Importance of Contributions By Amateurs To American Ornithology: A Short History
Mary H. Clench 
The Amateur: Finding A Niche In Ornithology 
Harold F. Mayfied 
Banders As An Ornithological Resource
Robert P. Yunick
The Amateur Birdbander: The Bird Banding Lab Perspective
John Tautin
Opportunities For Local Amatuers 
Field Records: December 1990 Summary
Christmas Bird Count, 12/15/90-1/2/91 
Robert H. Stymeist
About The Cover: Common Tern and Wilson's Warbler
John C. Kricher
Meet Our Cover Artist: Gordon Morrison
Martha Steele
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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February 1991, Vol. 19, No. 1
Birding Western Cuba: You Can't Get There From Here 
Mark M. Blazis 
Visiting With Ann Clleves, Birdwatching Mystery Writer
Cassandra L. Oxley
Photo Feature: Birds of December 1990
Sandhill Crane   Tom Tyning
Barnacle Goose   Donald Bernstein
Field Notes From Here and There
Wild Barnacles in Quiet Osterville   Dorothy R. Arvidson
A Finch of Another Color   Henry T. Wiggin
Red-tailed Hawk in Harvard Square   Harriet E. Hoffman
The Tame Longspur   Sandy B. Selesky
Field Records: October/November 1990 Summary
About The Cover: Boreal Owl
Richard A. Forster
Meet Our Cover Artist: Paul K. Donahue
Dorothy R. Arvidson
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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December 1990, Vol. 18, No. 6
Birding Jamaica
David W. Bates, Jan P. Smith, and Peter P. Marra
A 1986 Record of Cassin's Sparrow In Maine
David J. James
Book Review: A Field Guide to Advanced Birding by Kenn Kaufman
Robert Hilton
Two Aberrant Goldfinches
William E. Davis, Jr.
Photo Field Note: A White Goldfinch
David and Kim Purinton
Northern Saw-Whet Owl With Mouse
Alan E. Strauss
Field Records: August/September 1990
About The Cover: Carolina Wren
Richard A. Forster
Meet Our Cover Artist: Barry W. Van Dusen
Dorothy R. ArvidsonIndex To Volume 18, 1990
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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October 1990, Vol. 18, No. 5
Journal of Trinidad and Tobago: June 16-25, 1990
John C. Kricher 
A Spotted Redshank In Wellfleet 
Michael R. Smith 
Spotted Redshank and Greater Yellowlegs (Ink and Crayon Drawing) Centerfold 
Barry W. Van Dusen
Field Notes: Birds Of The Season
Terek Sandpiper at Plum Island   David Stemple, Ida Girunas, Jim Moore, Marsha Paine
White-faced Ibis at Plum Island   Ian Lynch
Sandhill Crane at Provincetown     Kyle Jones
Field Records: June/July 1990
About The Cover: Peregrine Falcon
Richard A. Forster
Meet Our Cover Artist: Paul K. Donahue
H. Christian Floyd
At a Glance
Wayne R. Petersen
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August 1990, Vol. 18, No. 4
Bird Finding At Sachuest Point, Rhode Island, and Environs 
Alan E. Strauss
Thoreau: Speaking For Birds
Richard K. Walton 
Evolution Of Distraction Display Behavior In Birds
Field N