Yesterday as part of due diligence re the authorities request for folks to stay in as much as possible in order to minimize the amount of people outside during this frightening
Coronavirus spread, I was rewarded for my efforts as
my garden was visited by a few
bird varieties whom I could observe from my windows.
Another was an
European starling who can be seen in the next set of photos.
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| STARLINGS ARE FEATURED IN VOLUME THREE |
Additionally, both male and female
house finches stopped by and one of the males took time out from dining to talk with one of my visiting
Mourning doves, as evidenced directly below.
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| HOUSE FINCHES + MORNING DOVES ARE IN VOL 1 |
House sparrows and pigeons visited also, which is not too surprising, but I did have a surprise avian visitor in the very late afternoon through the early evening which was a
dark-eyed junco (AKA snowbird) who can be seen in the next series of images.
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| JUNCOES ARE FEATURED IN MY BOOKS |
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| JUNCOES ARE FEATURED IN MY BOOKS |
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| JUNCOES ARE FEATURED IN MY BOOKS |
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| JUNCOES ARE FEATURED IN MY BOOKS |
This little creature dark-eyed junco spent part of his/her late afternoon in my rooftop garden and the presence of such a sweet-faced creature prompted me to reflect on two recent visits (one on
March 3rd and
one on February 21st) from another junco (or perhaps this was the same one) who gave me some wisdom about letting go of painful encounters that often occur in life.
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| JUNCOES ARE FEATURED IN MY BOOKS |
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| JUNCOES ARE FEATURED IN MY BOOKS |
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| JUNCOES ARE FEATURED IN MY BOOKS |
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| JUNCOES ARE FEATURED IN MY BOOKS |
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| JUNCOES ARE FEATURED IN MY BOOKS |
I love all the birds who visited but yesterday may be one of the last times I'll see a junco until October or November, for they are snowbirds and tend to leave NYC in March or mid April and head for colder climates.
For now I'm just thankful to see him/her again and that during this somber time of tension and sadness over the impact of the Coronavirus, the little snowbird offered reassurance and hope.
Regular readers of this blog may know, Dark-eyed Juncoes, Mourning doves, House finches, European starlings and Northern mockingbirds are featured in my book three volume series,
Words In Our Beak.
Before I leave this segment of
Tuesday's Truths, please permit my figurines and I to wish you a blessed
Saint Patrick's Day, may the holiday lift your concerns (if only momentarily) as the junco did for me.
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