Hey All,
Today is Good Friday - a holiday celebrated by billions of Christians all around the world. I went to Good Friday mass at the historic Assumption Church in Windsor and it slowly dawned on me that a bird was in the church! I identified it by its flight style, perch flycatch perch... I id'ed it as an Easter(n) Phoebe !
To my amazement, it perched in a few different areas but at one point, it landed on a perch in front of the cross! I took some photos from my seat with my camera, which has a 10x optical zoom.
Part of me wants to beleive that in a small way - this was an Easter Miracle - and this beautiful migrant breifly paid hommage to the king of kings before continuing his northward migration.
This isnt my first good bird at Assumtion Church, occasionally I will see a Perigrine Falcon perch on the steeple. This church is close to the Ambasador Bridge - which has had many breeding peregrine falcons breeding and hunting from its high perches.
Back in the Dodge...
I had the day off from work and birded Black Oak Herritage park this morning and had my first of season Yellow Bellied Flycatcher. Its one of my favirite birds and I got some great looks at it!
Amazingly, I was planting some perenial plant seeds on my back porch this afternoon and heard a woodpecker pecking on a Shagbark Hickory behind my house. Sure enough... it was another yellow bellied sapsucker.
Spring is officially started!
Good birding!
Dwayne
