Some
of the birds nest in subtle depressions in the ground and offer
their eggs, by the thousands, to hungry night travelers passing
through these lands. Grant proposals have been submitted so
that counseling can be offered to the birds by highly paid state
government naturalists so that the potential post partum depressions
of our feathered friends will be minimized.
Seeing the naturalists in their oversized beige sacking and
with primitive bird puppets on each hand cooing gently to the
despondent flock will be a sight to behold. Yes, and these huge
and numerous state and federal university grants round out the
reasons for the diverse mixture of interested parties on-site
taking such profound interest in these creatures.
The
good news is that the vile liquids that actually make it this
far in the estuary and park are then, thankfully, swallowed
by the hundreds of skunks in the area who die before they can
eat too many baby birds still in their nests.
Diverse nesting behaviors are not limited to those of the avian
variety. Night and day the estuary and park are blessed with
young women of simple virtue. They clamber over the low spots
of the vile border barrier and consult with park visitors during
daylight hours and even more lustily with border travelers during
the cool evening darkness. Most assuredly, it was that Prince
of Inhibition, Pope Gregory who more than 1,400 years ago gave
us the Seven Deadly Sins.
Yes, those of us not recent graduates of the American Public
School System remember that it was Pliny the Elder who said
that sexual propriety could be learned from the activities of
elephants that “copulate only in hidden places and afterwards
bathe in a river.” And this is true even today. Here,
and there among the rushes and other riparian flora of the estuary
and park, one can just discern these telltale animations and
squeals of carnal delight.
Immediately
south of the park is the Tijuana bull ring where thousands of
people gather to receive fresh meat on certain Sundays. The
roar of the crowd is contagious. The seats in the shade are
the most expensive.
