My friend Matthew DuBois emails the following report of chickens loose in the park.

This morning I was walking my dog in Elysian Park on the closed Elysian Park Rd between Academy and Scott Ave, when I noticed two chickens sitting in a bush by the side of the road, they looked alive and well. Odd as either someone just dumped them or the coyotes are losing their sense of sight and smell.

Well, I do hope those birds -- hens? -- get to a coop quick, if they're not just out for a stroll, tourists for the day on the access road. There's certainly no shortage of coyotes round this way.