Yesterday, my dog, Emma’s best friend, Shasta and her mom came over to play. We sat by the pool per usual and observed them while we laughed at their antics. Usually, we keep our eyes on them – or each other. We both simultaneously looked up and saw a group of humongous black birds with massive wing spans, flying in a loose but cohesive formation . There were about 10 or -15 of them. We both looked at each other and said: “Oh my God, did you see that?” Neither one of us have EVER seen black birds of such massive wing spans before. The sun was in a position that it couldn’t have created a visual disturbance. Of course, I ran into the house and grabbed three bird books to figure out what these birds were. They were big enough to be swans but black swans are beautiful mutants so there couldn’t be a flock of them. The only black bird with such large wing spans on the West Coast are Brandts Cormorants or Double Crested ones. What do you think? Daryl Bergman, Concord. Did you know that there is a notice on your page that says: HEY, DOGFIGHTERS! PAY TO WATCH COCKFIGHTING ON THE INTERNET?……GO GET ‘EM GARY!!!!!