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January–February 2010
Rare geese included the continuing Greater White-fronted Goose in Sharon and a Barnacle Goose in South Egremont. The pair of Tundra Swans continued on Nantucket. An Eared Grebe spent four days at Marstons Mills in January. A Wood Stork was a one-day wonder in Cotuit on January 20. Another one-day surprise was a Slaty-backed Gull photographed at Eastern Point, Gloucester, on January 25. Ivory Gulls were more obliging, with an adult at Race Point, January 14–17, and a second bird at Westport on January 23. The White-winged Dove first found on the Sturbridge Christmas Bird Count continued into January at the feeders of the Bird Store and More in Sturbridge. The Allen's Hummingbird first discovered in October at a feeder in Harwich survived until January 19. A Townsend's Solitaire spent more than three weeks in Yarmouthport, while a Summer Tanager and a Painted Bunting visited feeders within three blocks of each other in Orleans.
Best sighting: Sage Thrasher at Salisbury State Park, January 11–March 28. This represents the third state record for the species, the two previous records coming from Plum Island in October 1965 and November 2005.
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