On thing I din't mention about my birding trip last friday was my repeated inability to see an eastern pheobe. I missed it three times, plus saw a pair of kingbirds that were at first thought to be pheobes. This Saterday, I went for a twenty minute walk on a trail starting between a CVS and a Dunkin Donuts. It went over a bridge over the south river, and on a rock was a small flycatcher, pumping its tail. A phoebe. It was the first time I had ever seen one, and number 170 on my life list. I also saw a baltimore oriole and a cedar waxwing. I seem to be having good luck with trails that start next to a Dunkin Donuts. The day before I had seen my first northern-rough-wing swallow and salt-marsh sharp-tailed sparrow (two of the longest bird names in North America).
I had fairly good birding all week. I saw a flock of 10+ turkeys, goldfinches, Killdeers, Chimney Swifts, Eastern Kingbirds, Mute Swans, Common and Least Terns, and my second Ruby-Throated Hummingbird. I also saw some unidentified shorebirds on a mudflat in duxbury. Here is the link to the topic. http://www.whatbird.com/forums/forums/thread/52330.aspx
A kayak trip through saltmarsh on thursday yielded some other highlights. A Bobolink, around fifty willets, Piping Plovers, and some type of dowitcher.
I also got a hummingbird feeder, and will watch for hummingbirds. None yet, but hopefully they will come.
