Beloved Black Vultures
This post is just a visual aid for Pete's last one, about the Miami black vultures. The close-up shot is from the Everglades mini-zoo we stopped at during family Thanksgiving weekend last year. I didn't get a photograph of the vultures quietly circling en masse above downtown Miami, unfortunately. With the beach weather and the highrise construction boom and the idea of American paradise it can look outright apocalyptic, if you're not wary of a little hyperbole at least.
I doubt that these guys are singing the Shostakovich theme, but Pete, let us know if you find out what kind of bird does. It doesn't sound like a good omen.
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It totally is singing the Shostakovich! The whole point of that post was to demonstrate my credibility in picking such a thing out! Remember when that doorbell in New Haven sounded like Rite of Spring? It's at least as legitimate as that.
Sorry, that wasn't quite clear. What I meant was: I doubt the vultures are singing DSCH. I have no doubt that you're really hearing some kind of bird singing DSCH. It's probably pacing back and forth alone in a tree and chain-smoking -- maybe keep your eyes out for that.
Oh, right. I reckon the vultures are just somewhere hiccuping and talking about their crossbows.
Two of the least iconic Disney characters ever, right there.
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