An unblinking eye rimmed with crusted road kill. A church. A V-Twin motorcycle.

Hitchcock’s “The Birds” was filmed here. In the town of Bodega, California, you will feel a sense of unease—either that or the serenity that comes from accepting the inevitable. Look up at the turkey vulture. He circles, cocking his smooth head, looking down at you with an unblinking eye rimmed with crusted road kill. This feathered dinosaur, this well-adapted carrion eater, this harsh unyielding avian judge of you—he’s just riding the thermals. For now.

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Random snapshot of the day, again

Long-dead McCammon in Bodega, California, home of Hitchcock’s “The Birds”

Cut in two by a neighbor’s ax. Or trampled by a gang of mutinous mules. Or maybe it was the grippe. Or a ride-by shooting with cut-down shotguns. At least he died long before those avian fiends took over the town and started pecking out human eyes.  No disrespect for the long-dead intended.

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