Today is the official, annual, and original Bird Day on May 4th (established 1894) for conservation, so pick up your binoculars, go quietly to the woods or your back yard or park, and marvel at the beauty and wondrous flight of our avian friends.

I’ll be heading to my local preserve in the afternoon, when the vultures circle so beautifully before doing their sacred work. Maybe I’ll get to see a mocking bird keep a hawk away from her nest, or a robin playing games with a squirrel. Or maybe it’ll be the usual array of crows laughing and making fun of everything I do. All sightings are joyously welcome to me and close to my heart.

Git on out there, people: they are kin.❤️