May 7, 2021 | 9:23 AM
Since she first moved to a rocky hilltop north of Los Angeles, Cinda Mickols had grown used to the occasional sight of California condors in the distance.
In pairs or groups of three, the endangered birds – recognizable by their massive, 10-foot wingspan – would glide through the air or perch on faraway trees as she gazed out at the Tehachapi Mountains.
On Monday, however, she arrived home to find that a massive flock of the condors had descended upon – and trashed – her own property. Of all 160 birds left in the state, an “extraordinary” one in ten were congregating atop her roof or on her wooden deck, which is now covered in white excrement as thick as concrete.