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This one flew away just as I was aiming my camera.  I honestly thought it was a RC Kinglet, but then someone else I met said they should be gone from Massachusetts by now.  He said I probably saw an OC Warbler.  I've never seen an OC Warbler, but they do look similar.  It was a good look but too fast to remember specific details.  This was in a tree on the edge of farmland; a great sparrow environment.

What do people think?  Anyone see Kingbirds in the Northeast this late?

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Bird Count (18 months): 221
Best Sightings: Ivory Gull, Brown-Chested Martin, Snowy Owl, Townsend's Warbler, Marbled Godwit
Most Recent New Sighting: Fox Sparrow

What about a golden-crowned kinglet?  Although they are less likely in the habitat you described.  Certainly the ruby's are gone from here now, but you're further south.

Scott

Excleent idea but it wasn't a GC Kinglet - that I am certain of.

My gut tells me it was the RC and it is just a bit late leaving.

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Bird Count (18 months): 221
Best Sightings: Ivory Gull, Brown-Chested Martin, Snowy Owl, Townsend's Warbler, Marbled Godwit
Most Recent New Sighting: Fox Sparrow

That is entirely possible, especially on the east coast.  We occasionally have RC Kinglets reported in the winter here at the southern end of Lake Michigan.  Not many, but it happens.

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Randy