been trying to figure out what these three black birds I see every day are

then today one one struck this pose - wings extended in engulfing gesture - and I recognized it from Milton’s description of Satan atop the Tree of Life and Christian exegesis thereof

they’re cormorants!

for Milton, the cormorant’s pose is of a black bird of prey parodying the crucifixion

they seem pretty chill to me tho

bye buds