Bird songs have been passed down through generations—and the members of the Cahuilla tribe have lived in the area for at least 5,000 years, giving what’s now Palm Springs the name of Séc-he.
Cook would drive west to San Francisco, where he and his wife, Donna, lived the other half of the year. Come April, he’d return, as would the birds. “I like being back here with the eagles,” he said.
According to the American Bird Conservancy, mockingbirds live in more than half of the continental U.S. Flamingos, on the other hand, are mostly found in Florida and throughout the Caribbean except in ...