Look Up!

In school traffic today in Ocean Springs, I glanced up as a I crossed the railroad tracks. There, heading in a northeast direction, was a flock of birds - large birds - moving in my general direction. After getting past trees and buildings I stopped at a red light, figuring that they were long gone. Yet, just as we stopped, there they were. Dozens and dozens, flying in a -V-. A quick look in the binoculars confirmed a guess. It was a flock of double crested cormorants. Such handsome birds they are, only in the area for the winter and then off to the north for summertime. Was this group beginning their journey or just moving from the beach to the bayou just inland? Regardless, when it is time for them to leave, we will await anxiously their return later in the year - gracing our shores with skilled diving and a show of beauty on post top when it's time to dry out wings from a jaunt in the water.