Well, here it is, January 7th and I just saw the first robin of spring. He looked a bit harried, likely because of all the snow. It's a bit early for Robins around here. Perhaps he's the last Robin of autumn.

And no, I don't intend to make this into a birdwatching blog, but yesterday I saw a bald eagle flying right over my kid's school after I dropped him off. The bird was low enough that I could see his talons tucked in tight against his body. He was huge. Lots of parents were walking away from the school yard, but nobody looked up, no one saw him. I pointed him out to the person closest to me, and she turned just in time to get a glimpse of what by then looked like a big crow flying over towards the Northwest Arm.

Still, it was pretty neat.