Rainy Day but Success

Woke to a winters mix. Waited an hour but it still was coming down with no end in sight. The goal was a long staying sage thrasher in Hatfield Mass. we reached Cow Bridge “Road” which was more a rutted snow covered farm road. Decision was made to walk. We looked at all the phots and descriptions of where the bird was and set off. About 1 mile in. Lots of cardinals singing and a mockingbird but no thrasher. Walked up and back getting wetter and more discouraged by 5he minute. Finally Pat and I split up for a final attempt. 8 continued down the road looking for the tires the bird had been photographed on. Not more than another 50 yards from where we had turned back before there were the tires and lo and behold.....the bird. Beautiful and posing well for photos. In comparin* this bird with the NH bird which was also along 5he Connecticut River, our Massachusetts bird had more rust along the flanks. The two bird theory prevailed.

We continued to drive around Hampshire county look8ng for ducks without success, but did serendipitously discover a brown creeper a county bird. We returned to ou4 motel in Keene early wet but pleased with ourselves.

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