We are experiencing an invasion of Rough-legged Hawks in the county, so I thought I’d go out this afternoon and scan the narrow window I have on the valley to the north and see if I could spot one.
As I was standing at the scope, looking towards the distant valley, I saw my suet feeder and wondered when am I ever going to get a Brown Creeper in my yard? I’ve never seen one here, even though they are uncommon but regular winter residents in the county. A friend of mine has them come to his suet feeder. Not a minute later I brought up my binoculars to look at a chickadee in my oak tree and a bird flew out of the tree. I followed it at eye level as it flew across my yard, and low and behold it was a Brown Creeper!
Scene of the synchronicity. My view of the valley to the north is over the roof of my neighbor’s house. The creeper flew out from the oak and cedar tree area just to the right of the house.
Unfortunately it disappeared in my side yard, so I couldn’t get a photo. But I was floored! How often do we think about a bird only to see it a moment later out of the blue? How does that work? Did I unconsciously hear the bird and have that trigger thoughts about it? I wish I knew how this works, but it isn’t the first time it has happened to me. Most birders probably have had experiences like this as well. It’s crazy. But crazy cool.
Bring on the birding synchronicities!
