This morning, while I was feeding Melody, I heard a whooshing sound overhead. I stepped out of the run-in shed in time to see a huge flock of birds overhead. The huge flock changed shape and direction a few times as they sort of folded back on themselves. By the time I got my camera out of my pocket, they had flown across the road and into some trees.
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The lowest branch against the sky points to the flock. |
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Now you see a few of them. |
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The flock rises from the woods. |
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They're hard to see here because they're at the treeline.
But the trees to the right are still full of birds. |
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Now you can see some of the flock! |
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They're headed for the road. |
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The flock crosses the road. |
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. . . and is soon out of my sight. |
For a moment, I was reminded of the YouTubevideo "
Murmuration," which has gone viral and which some folks think is wonderful and mystic, etc. But I was also reminded of Alfred Hitchcok's classic horror film,
The Birds, which was released when I was 18. (Here's
a clip of the schoolhouse scene.)
I assume the flock I saw was just getting ready to head south.
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It is amazing how birds swarm, not unlike schools of fish in the ocean.
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