Along with flocks of seagulls, pigeons are the most plentiful flying creatures in Imperial Beach. They regularly patrol the beaches, looking for edible morsels left by visitors. This portion of the beach was relatively deserted when I made this photo. Its only occupant is this pigeon, incongruously standing within a tire track left by a lifeguard vehicle. The day is still young, and those tire tracks lead the eye across an empty beach to a pair of empty lifeguard stations in the misty background.