Mountain Bluebird in St. Clair County

[Allen Chartier]

Birders,

Thanks to Tom Dennis for finding this great bird. Thanks to Pat Burden for 
forwarding Tom's photos to me yesterday. Thanks to the Cornerstone Church 
for opening their restroom and providing coffee this morning!

When I arrived just after 8 a.m. the bird was present despite the rain. It 
was gone for perhaps 30-minutes around 9 a.m. but was almost constantly 
findable up until I left at 10:45 a.m. Everyone who came while I was there 
got to see the bird. It seems to forage in a somewhat circular, clockwise 
pattern, starting across the road (North Road) to the east, then coming 
southeast to a stand of bare deciduous trees on the south side of the 
church, circling around behind the church to a row of small spruce trees on 
the north edge of the property, then back to smaller deciduous trees and 
spruces lining the driveway to the east of the church (sometimes with a stop 
in a small marsh on the property). Sometimes the bird spent time on the 
ground in the field to the north of the church. I watched four "laps" like 
this while I was there.

Coming from I-69, take the Wadhams Road exit and go north to just past the 
bridge over the Black River and turn right onto River Road. River Road makes 
two shallow bends left and becomes North Road. After a little over a mile, 
you will see Krafft Road on the right, and the church is immediately after 
this on the left. Mr. Dennis's wife has posted "Welcome Birders" on the sign 
out front.

Can't miss it!

Allen Chartier
amazilia1 at comcast.net
1442 West River Park Drive
Inkster, MI  48141
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You may wonder how it weighs the food. It doesn't.
It just eats another hummingbird.
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