<p>There’s nothing particularly interesting about a <a href="http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/american_robin/id">robin</a>. It’s probably the species of animal most overlapping my childhood in the Midwest and fatherhood in the PNW – though the ones here are <strong>much</strong> fatter than their eastern counterparts with some positively huge.</p>

<p>courtesy the flowers of summer.</p>

<p>We accepted <a href="http://www.islandwood.org/">IslandWood’s</a> invitation today for a bird walk, our first foray into proper birding with a guide, binoculars, book and camera. Actually arriving on-time for the 8 am start was accomplishment enough; had we not seen a bird at least the get-everyone-ready time trial resulted in victory.</p>