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October 2025, Vol. 53, No. 5 The Bent of the River Audubon Center, Southbury, Connecticut Corrie Folsom-O’Keefe, Robin Ladouceur, Allison Middlemass, and Glen Somogie Sixth Report of the Rhode Island Avian Records Committee Shaibal S. Mitra (Chair), Paul L’Etoile (Secretary), Robert Emerson, Rachel Farrell, Alan Kneidel, Samuel Miller, and Scott Tsagarakis Photo Essay 1: Two Common Gulls in Rhode Island: European/Russian (Larus canus canus/heinei) and Kamchatka (Larus canus kamtschatschensis) Status of the Mew Gull Complex in Massachusetts: Special 28th Report of the Massachusetts Avian Records Committee (MARC) Marshall J. Iliff Photo Essay 2: Common Gull (Kamchatka) (Larus canus kamtschatschensis) and Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus) in Massachusetts Musings from the Blind Birder: Highlights from the First National Blind Birders Bird-a-Thon Martha Steele >John’s World of Birds: Show Stopper: A Yellow-billed Cuckoo on Display John Kricher Bird Sightings: May–June 2025 Jason Forbes and Robert H. Stymeist Bygone Birds Robert H. Stymeist About the Cover: Hermit Thrush Jeffrey Boone Miller About the Cover Artist: John Sill At a Glance Wayne R. Petersen ^ top