Here are a few recent pictures from a few birding mornings. Between Easter and other grandchild obligations, I havn't been on the computer, plus it was at the Geek Squad for a week.  The official sightings for the April 5 Friday morning South Shore Audubon bird walk were:  Canada Goose, Brant, Mute Swan, Mallard, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler (a rarity), Green-winged Teal, Greater and Lesser Scaup, Common Eider, Harlequin Duck (first for the year), Surf, White-winged and Black Scoters, Long-tailed Duck (first for the year), Bufflehead, Common Goldendeye, Red-breasted Merganser, Common Loon, Horned Grebe, Great Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Turkey Vulture, Osprey, Red-tailed Hawk, Coot, Black-bellied Plover, Purple Sandpiper, Dunlin, Wilson't Snipe, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Belted Kingfisher, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Eastern Phoebe, Blue Jay, American Crow, Fish Crow, Tree Swallow, Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Wren, Robin, Starling, Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Junco, Cardinal, ERd-winged Balckbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, House Finch, House Sparrow.  61 species.

Female Redtail, Plum Island

Red-tail, Rt. 44, Middleblro

One of my favorite signs of Spring

Mallards, Daniel Webster Farm

Wood Duck, Daniel Webster Farm

and his mate

White-breasted Nuthatch, Daniel Webster Farm

Reb-throated Loon, Duxbury Bay

Tufted Titmouse, Daniel Webster Farm

Wilson's Snipe, Daniel Webster Farm

Female Red-breasted Merganser, Cape Cod Canal

Blue-winged Teal, Daniel Webster Farm

White-throated Sparrow, Pratt Farm, Middleboro



Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Sagamore St. Park

Red-breasted Merganser, Cape Cod Canal

Harbour Seals, Manomet Bluffs

Northern Shoveler, Daniel Webster Farm