The Birds
There was some crazy bird flocking – swarming, really – around the house tonight. I was actually in the process of getting pictures of our little jailbird here when Sean called me outside to see the actual birdie craziness that was going on.
The birds were swooping in wide arcs, and sometimes it seemed there was more than one group, maybe they were trying to gather more of their kind together! (Is it a migratory thing maybe? Already?) I’m not sure what kind of birds these are, but the group of them was huge. (You can click on a picture in the gallery below to view it larger. Sorry, there’s the jailbird again because that’s just how WordPress’s gallery works and I don’t feel like taking the time to figure out how to remove it. Besides, more baby is good!)
I didn’t wind up getting a picture that accurately gives the scale here, it was an impressive sight. They would wheel about, and try to land all together in a tree or a particular spot in the field. I’ve seen birds do things like this before, but it’s still weird to see. I don’t think Lana caught much of what was going on, exactly, but she liked it when the whole group flew over us a couple of times.
August 30, 2009 | 8:39 pm | 6 comments
Posted in baby, diversions | Thinking: birds, mommy dresses me funny, random, welcome to our hitchcockian overlords
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My mother tells me these were starlings. Unfortunate.
It really is creepy when huge flocks of birds do stuff in formation.
Yeah, but Lana is adorable, so to heck with the birds!
Hehe, Lana, distraction from crazy birds!
GAH Lana looks JUST LIKE YOU. ♥
Haha, thanks! I HAVE been accused of constructing a mini-me.