For all the gentrification going on in the two Cross Creek shopping centers, where idiosyncratic mom 'n' pop businesses (Cosentino Flowers, Tops Gallery, 'Bu Bayou) have made way for international luxury brands (Ralph Lauren and L''Occitane, with more to come), some things stay the same. The local egrets, for instance. Check out the top of this tree - those fluffy bits of white are the gawky, geeky yellow-footed birds, nesting. They shriek and squawk, drop copious amounts of guano on the red brick parking lot below. They seem to be building nests, raising chicks, raising the profile of wildlife in Malibu.