This morning I took my two oldest grandsons out to Duxbury Beach for birding. It is such a pleasure to do so, they seem so interested, and really excited at seeing a bird through the scope. We saw 42 (!) species, which is really good for April. We saw:
Robin, Junco, Cardinal, Goldfinch, Grackle, Red-winged Blackbird, Chipping Sparrow, Titmouse, Blue Jay and Cowbird (all at the feeders before we left) and then at Duxbury Beach:
Mockingbird, Song Sparrow, Black-capped Chickadee, House Finch, Great Egret (first for the year), two Snowy Owls (!) still hanging around, Osprey, Brant, Willet (first for the year) White-winged Scoter, Surf Scoter, Black-backed Gull, Rock Dove, Mourning Dove, Herring Gull, Common Eider, Laughing Gull, Mallard, American Black Duck, Common Loon, Red-breasted Merganser, Bufflehead, American Crow, Double-breasted Cormorant, and then at Daniel Webster Farm (where the group from SS Audubon caught up with us) Canada Goose, Tree Swallow, Phoebe, Hermit Thrush, Wild Turkey, Vulture, Ruby-crowned Kinglet
A few photos from the trip
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| The first Snowy of the day |
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| First Great White Heron for the year |
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| And the first Willet |
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| House Finch |
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| And the second Snowy of the day, perhaps 20 yards away on a Saquish cabin |
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| Unusually high surf |
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| Tree Swallow |
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