What kind of dad gives up his day to go birding with the family --- why, stijnieman!!!!! We did make him champagne breakfast, with strawberries, spoonbread (Virginia tradition), eggs, bacon, toast - yummmmmmmmmm! And let him catch a nice bike ride ... but then we packed him up in the van and drove out to watch the barn owl and little owl babies get ringed at one of my Belgian friends' barns in Oost-Vlaanderen. Was soooooooooooooooooooooo neat to see these little furry fuzzballs!!!!!! They were adorable! 
