Bird Day 2018

Did you know today is bird day? No, me neither.



In fact, today is only one of several 'bird days' that all fall at different times of the year in different places.



But today's day - May 4th - is the original. It was established as such by school superintendent Charles Almanzo Babcock in the rather bird-unfriendly sounding Oil City, Pennsylvania, in 1894.



So there!



Here's a picture of a dotterel...