Weird Urban Cacophony

Saturday evening, about 10 p.m., I walked past the intersection of 11th & I Streets in Sacramento, and listened.....

First, there was the familiar sound of the solo jazz trumpeter, who likes to practice in the parking structure there. Bright and peppy and jazzy!

Then, somewhere high above the street to the north, an eerie chorus of wailing and screeching birds perched on parapets echoed through the downtown street canyons. I don't know what birds those are, but it sounded a lot like a Tarzan movie soundtrack.

The combination was really peculiar to listen to!