These birds descend upon our ‘hood daily. They roost in a nearby wooded area, and every morning they scatter to forage for food. I’ll sometimes glance out my front window and see the entire pane filled with what seems like and endless blur of black. It’s the birds. Whizzing by at high speeds. Hitchcock style.
As the day comes to a close and evening draws near, the birds darken the sky as they arrive en masse to roost in the trees. They swoop, dive and chatter before settling in for the night.
They also creep the crap out of anyone who’s ever seen The Birds:
From Grace Goldragon:
It’s true. And you can’t unsee it either. They don’t even have to be flying anywhere. I find it sinister even if they’re perched together, just sitting. And watching. And it’s been 15 years or so since I’ve seen The Birds.
I LOVE Hitchcock movies. I haven’t seen a single one that I found disappointing.
From Wombat Central:
I hadn’t seen The Birds in years, and I was watching some clips yesterday. I have to admit–the final attack scene was making me giggle a little bit. I found the attack footage to be not quite as gruesome as I once thought (we’re so spoiled by modern special effects, aren’t we?). I also found myself yelling at her to open the damn door and leave the room.
From Karyn Climans:
I’ve never seen the movie, “The Birds”, so all I see is a pretty flock of birds. Being naive in life is sometimes a good thing.
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From Wombat Central:
Truth be told, I’ve been wanting to film starlings performing their swoop and dive dance for months. I love to watch it.
It’s only been recently that they’ve begun roosting nearby and arriving in droves. I guess once you’ve seen the images of Hitchcock’s “Birds,” you do tend to look at a giant flock of them a bit differently. There must be some reason a huge group of crows is called a murder, eh?