Strange Birds

[sartorias]

Yesterday, rachelmanija and I drove out to Arizona for a session of Camp Lipizzan, which we have become completely addicted to. We had a pleasant, uneventful drive along the 8, which traverses the nervous landscape over the San Andreas Fault. (yes, the fault bisects the state, pretty much, but it seems . . . larger here, what with the vast stretches of broken

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[jettcat]

Red winged blackbirds? They have the most beautiful bird song when in chorus.

[asakiyume]

Wow!! Their eyes reflecting the light! Amazing.

Huge clouds and crowds of birds like that are wonderful.

[sartorias]

It was such a surprise--and delight.

[mnfaure]

I love the photos! They put me in mind of Edgar Allen Poe.

[jodel_from_aol]

Ah. We get a migration of something like those most winters. Usually around New Years, although it can be a few weeks either side of that. Right in inner city L.A.

They hang around for a day or two, and then are gone on whatever route they're following. I think they just hang around long enough to clean off all the vestigial dates on the date palms in the streets around here.

[sartorias]

That makes sense--that was date country.