Massachusetts - June 2010
A conference in Boston meant myself and Dara Fitzpatrick took an extra few days for a bit of American birding. Dara insisted on the true American Road Trip experience, complete with sporty red convertible. 😂 This made us more Thelma and Louise than Dukes of Hazard, but was fun nonetheless. The Dude Mobile We arrived in Boston, picked up the Dude Mobile and made our way North to the town of Newburyport. On the drive up we saw birds like our first Red-Tailed Hawk, Red-Winged Blackbird, Turkey Vulture etc. Red-Tailed Hawk Turkey Vulture - "T.V" We checked into the historic and rather nice, Clark-Currier Inn and headed to a riverside restaurant for food. We enjoyed a deluxe Surf & Turf meal of lobster and steak, whilst we watched Cliff Swallow, Tree Swallow, Northern Rough-Winged Swallow, Chimney Swift, Purple Martin, Black Duck , Blue-Winged Teal, American Wigeon, Great Blue Heron, Snowy Egret, American Crow, Fish Crow, Laughing Gull, Ring-Billed Gull and Bonaparte's ...