Heather Thomas Van Deren

I witnessed an unusual sight today. So odd, in fact, that I had to go back & take another look... I had to make two trips to our rural veterinarian clinic that day. Storms were rolling in & black clouds threatened to bring another spring downpour. As I traveled the two-lane blacktop road during the first trip, I noticed a female Kildee bird sitting on the gravel by the roadside. I could have sworn as I drove by she rose up, looked at me & spread her wings as far as she co