Rainy day at Connecticut's Silver Springs State Park

Well folks, today I gave the trout a break as the rivers are swollen from the past two days of rain. Thankfully we got that rain as all the rivers needed a shot to sustain the trout fishing for the next couple of weeks.

So today Tracy and I took a rainy day walk at Silver Springs State Park, near Milford Connecticut. We thought the rain had abated and we took only partial raingear with us... Needless to say that was a mistake! Although our tops were dry our pants and feet were soaked big time! Anyhow, thank goodness for K-mart as we purchased the other half of our raingear and some dry pants that saved the day.

Ya have to be careful with cheap raingear as it doesnt hold up very well to bending over as we discovered today! At least it lasted long enough to keep us mostly dry... :)

Somewhere along the way we were checking out some wading birds when we came across MARSH CHICKEN!!! It took us a little while but we finally identified the beast as a clapper rail.  Click here for a detailed description from allaboutbirds.org. I didnt get a great shot of it but at least I got enough to get the ID. Here it is lurking in the wetlands.

Also out and about was this big gobbler trying to cross the road. He was having a rough time deciding how to negotiate that fence!

Anyway Im gonna try some fishing perhaps Friday if the rivers come down to good wading levels again. We shall see!   ........Stay tuned