Ten stylized birds fly across the full width of the canvas, overlapping at different heights with no single focal point. Each is a flat side-profile silhouette with a long thin beak and legs and wings raised at varying angles, some in solid maroon, olive, coral or cream and a few with fine speckled or striped wing patterns.

Behind them, large softly blended blocks of muted peach, teal-blue, mauve and tan suggest sky, water and shoreline, with loose brushwork and canvas grain visible in each block. Even, diffused light and a lack of perspective keep everything flat and layered, for a serene, whimsical, migratory feel.