
Squinty-eyed against a relatively calm backdrop, this is the view a few blocks from where I'm staying at the moment. (Minus the maniacal crows which are swooping angrily just out of frame.)

It must be the time of year for birds... usually there are sea otters and dolphins and whales, but the beach is bare except for frigates and crows.
My theory is that the birds are readying for a mass attack.