No, this has nothing to do with my soon-to-be-born boy. As a birder, I sometimes go far out of my way to see birds. But I would never agree with trading children for a bird…well, maybe if someone had an Ivory-billed Woodpecker…
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Wrong on so many levels, it defies explanation. Nothing like reading the newspaper to help you appreciate your own parents.