The apple doesn't fall far from the bird-filled tree...

M&M Dad is a bird watcher. In fact, this year he is even keeping a list of all the birds he sees. So, it gives me great delight to point out cool birds I've seen when he wasn't around. Well, his love of birds is rubbing off on the girls.

Thursday when we were leaving school, Jr. Princess said, "What's that bird in the tree. Has Dad seen it?" Starshine replied, "Well it looks like a crow, but doesn't sound like one." This then turned into ten minutes of us craning our necks to see a small black bird high in a tree. The girls were commenting on color, and size compared to a crow, and also studying it's call. We then rushed home to the birding software, and narrowed it down to our new friend, the Rusty Blackbird!

They were so proud to tell M&M Dad about it when he got home. And the best part - he hasn't seen one yet!