Big pink birds. I say again: Big! Pink!! Birds!!!
If they didn't exist, no one could have imagined them.
But they do exist, and the world is a better place for it, even on a gray day.
Jim R – Yeah, they're a bit bigger than anything else we see in trees. I have the same reaction to seeing great blues in trees – they look overpowered for their environment.
Carla – And even better in the flesh! Big Pink Birds!
Especially on a grey day when the trees are darker grey except for vanilla frosting and the land is interminably meringue and the air is filled with floury sifting of snowflakes. A most welcome rush of roseate wings.
Laurna – Yes, they do warm the heart and lift the spirit – even here, where it's not quite so monochromatic. Thanks to this community's poet for checking in . . .
Except for the head, It looks like the Scarlet ibis which resides in great flocks in the Caroni Swamp of Trinidad.
Barry – I've seen photos of the scarlet ibis, but never expect to see one in the flesh, much less a flock. Good for you!