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| Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Jan 10, 2015 |
I had hopes to get out a little early this morning before the expected heavy
rain arrived and I did just that but I had very limited time before the rain did
indeed move in. I managed to make it to Quabbin Park predawn and had a nice
gathering of waterfowl including some high counts of a few species
including 54 Black Ducks, 111 Mallards, 23 Common Goldeneyes, 56 Hooded
Mergansers and 17 Common Mergansers plus a couple Horned Grebes. As the rain
continued to increase in intensity I made a couple more quick stops but then
decided to give up for the morning and run some errands. As I finished those up
I got a message from Josh Rose that the Brown Thrasher he has had intermittently
at his house was back. It just happened to be that the rain had let up quite a
bit at that point so I figured I would try for it. When I arrived in the area
the rain was starting back up again but I have good rain gear so I tried for it
anyway. After about 20 minutes in the rain the bird showed briefly near the
edge of a brush pile. The Brown Thrasher is quite unusual in January and it
became species #77 for the county so far this year (raining way too hard to get any photos). Satisfied with finding the
thrasher I headed back to the car and then it just poured. The rain kept up
most the rest of the morning and into the afternoon although it got more
sporadic later. It was a weird weather day with downpours at times, then quick
peaks of sun, a rainbow, wind and temperatures reaching a recording setting 55...very
strange for the 10th of January.
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