Our census correspondent, Mats Tolander, reports the latest government estimates show Suffolk County gained about 3,000 new residents in 2007 over 2006.

Fertility drugs at work in the South End?

Jorge, who reported idiot duck hunters under a Logan flight path in Belle Isle Marsh on New Year's Day, reports they were back this morning. This time he took their photo:

... At this point the planes are very close to the ground. I heard them fire twice. I called the Boston Police twice from my cell phone and of course, the hunters and their dog packed up and left with no appearance from the Boston Police. These guys are a hazard in so many ways that I can't even begin to tell you without getting all balled up with anger.

But wait. Look at this Channel 4 report today: Fireworks Possibly Shot At Plane Landing At Logan:

... An Air Wisconsin regional jet was coming in for a landing over Winthrop Saturday afternoon, when the pilot reported seeing what looked like fireworks.

They appeared to be coming from the Belle Isle Marsh area. The plane was not hit and landed safely. ...

The Globe says it was a model rocket fired from the marsh around 12:26 p.m., or about 45 minutes after Jorge filed his blog post. So you've got dolts at one end of the marsh shooting rifles shotguns into the sky while planes are landing and dolts with model rockets at the other end of the marsh shooting their toys into the sky while planes are landing.

Today was not a good day to attempt a walk around Deer Island with a kidlet wearing summer pants. So we drove around Winthrop instead.

Question time is closed. Now it's time to pick the five questions to pose to the DA.