Storm clouds at sunset

I was driving home from work and looked west at the lingering storm clouds when a flock of birds caught my eye.  I wasn't sure what they were at first, so I pulled over to look more closely.

Eventually I figured out that they were kites — a group of at least eight birds flying over the dunes.  Perhaps they were headed to a roost site somewhere? 

Kites in silhouette are attractive enough on their own, but with the stormy lighting, it was a dramatic scene:

 

 

P.S.  Looks like we received ~1 inch of rain in Bodega Bay today.