Sometimes when you are out birding, you just have to enjoy what you can.  As a strictly amateur bird photographer, I try to upgrade photos of birds I already have, and right now that is pretty easy to do!
Here are this morning's photos.

Great Egret in Duxbury Bay

Song Sparrow on Duxbury Beach

Willet.  Duxbury Beach is Willets galore

What a show-off!

Cedar Waxwing at Daniel Webster Farm

Nice to catch him singing (Yellowthroat)

This Barn Swallow is trying to build a nest inside the south blind at Daniel Webster.

He flew within inches of my face to get to the roof of the blind (inside)

At the feeders, Daniel Webster Farm

Wonderful weekend taking care of Jackson, Oliver, and Alex.  (whew!)  I picked up Jackson and Oliver at the movies (we saw "Epic" which was thoroughly enjoyable), and then on Sunday we added Alex to the mix in the afternoon.  A trip to Duxbury beach, a visit to the USS Salem on the way in to returning J and O to Ken.  And a unbelievably beautiful day on the water, as we took the Harbor Express ferry in from Quincy.  Susan and I awarded ourselves with dinner at "La Summa" in the North End.

Oystercatchers on Duxbury Beach!

zee crew, Alex, Jackson, Oliver

In the museum aboard the Salem

WW II 2-man German Sub

Therza no beezness lika show beezness

"What, and give up show biz?"

From up high on the Salem, the "Flying Cloud", our eventual ride to Boston

"Hey, sailor!"

The kind of day that makes one prefer to live in NE

Over in back, the USS Constitution

I am so jealous!

Double-crested Cormorant

Two mornings of birding in terrible dark wet weather.  but I had a few lucky shots.  I was at Mount Auburn Cementary on Wednesday, but the presence of a hawk (pictured) kept things pretty well hidden, and then about 20 lawn mowers arrived, effectively cancelling out the bird song.  Then Friday, at Parker River,  a far better day, tons of warblers, but again, very bad visibility.  But the Magnolia shots were really satisying, and the Black-billed Cuckoo (a life list bird!) was very exciting. And another Red-tail, of course.

Red-tail at Mt. Auburn

Being harrased by a crow

Magnolia Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Magnolia

Eastern Kingbird

Red-tail

Redstart

Redstart

Great White Heron

Black-billed Cuckoo

Magnolia

Willet

Magnolia