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Mallards on their way from one standing water puddle to another; these standing water puddles can be as deep as 10" at their deepest point and exist due to the plentiful spring rain. In a week or less the standing puddles will disappear as they both seep into the ground and evaporate into the air and so these ducks will also disappear. I do not know where they go.

A crow, on a line outside my third floor apartment's bedroom window, more or less looking in on me. Often I see crows perching at the absolute highest point of trees making them easy to see; less often do I see them perch at lower levels like this spot.

A red-winged black bird. My sister told me years ago that these, though found in many places, can particularly be found adjacent to anywhere there are train tracks, which is exactly where I found this one. On my walk from my apartment to the Plaza where I do any kind of shopping I often see at least one of these specific birds, usually more than one.