I was standing in my garage this morning (Oct. 19th), watching the rain soak the trees in front of our house. I noticed a "Eurasian Tree Sparrow" perched on a wire.
Hmmm.....I said to myself.... the raindrops would make this an interesting video. So I set up my gear in the safety of my garage and proceeded to film the "sparrow."

Imagine my surprise when I got a closer look..... it's actually a rare (in the Philippines) Ferruginous Flycatcher!!!! The Kennedy Guide describes it as "rare, not shy,
perches in the understory of forest, flying out to catch insects. Favors high elevations."

It behaves like a Grey-streaked Flycatcher - it hawks insects from its perch then returns to the same spot. It seems the supertyphoon has disturbed it and the bird must be refuelling
for a long flight to some montane forest when the weather clears. And it's not shy at all.... it stayed for many minutes and I was able to captures tons of stills and HD video footage.
This bird is my 273rd photo-lifer and 75th HD video-lifer. :)

Link to HD video of this bird.