Have a look at these birds OT

On 10/03/2011 07:26, wrote:
Christina Websell wrote:

It's starlings preparing to roost

http://www.zie.nl/video/opmerkelijk/...t/m1gz0fwf7ru0

Finally got a chance to watch this. Wow! That's amazing. It's a sky
ballet! It must be incredible to be right under it. What does it *sound*
like?

I love watching starlings do that. They're often quiet, or there's a
faint trill in the air; all those birds making a small individual sound
that combines in a chorus.

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Marina, Miranda and Caliban.
In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

On Mar 9, 7:43*pm, hopitus wrote:
On Mar 9, 11:00*am, "Christina Websell" wrote:

It's starlings preparing to roost
http://www.zie.nl/video/opmerkelijk/...Utrecht/m1gz0f...


It's lovely- we don't often see starlings in London but sometimes
you'll see a whole load of them flying overheard

Are you excited about the upcoming Royal Wedding?

I wish they'd sneak off to a registry office andd do it on the quiet
with a couple of passers by as witnesses!

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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It's starlings preparing to roost

http://www.zie.nl/video/opmerkelijk/...t/m1gz0fwf7ru0

Tweed

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Really neat. Reminds me of the schools of sardines in the ocean when the
dolphins are trying to feed on them.


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On 3/10/2011 12:26 AM, wrote:
Christina Websell wrote:

It's starlings preparing to roost

http://www.zie.nl/video/opmerkelijk/...t/m1gz0fwf7ru0

Finally got a chance to watch this. Wow! That's amazing. It's a sky
ballet! It must be incredible to be right under it. What does it *sound*
like?


You wouldn't want to be under it. Ick. I have all kinds of black birds
that migrate through here and they number in the thousands when they
come through. They'll all land in the cemetery across the street, and
when they get spooked, they all take off at once and the sound of their
wings all flapping at the same time is like a big WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!
They get in my trees and knock acorns down by jumping on the branches.
But the worst is all the poo.

Cheryl wrote:
On 3/10/2011 12:26 AM, wrote:
Christina Websell wrote:

It's starlings preparing to roost


http://www.zie.nl/video/opmerkelijk/...t/m1gz0fwf7ru0


Finally got a chance to watch this. Wow! That's amazing. It's a sky
ballet! It must be incredible to be right under it. What does it *sound*
like?


You wouldn't want to be under it. Ick. I have all kinds of black birds
that migrate through here and they number in the thousands when they
come through. They'll all land in the cemetery across the street, and
when they get spooked, they all take off at once and the sound of their
wings all flapping at the same time is like a big WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!
They get in my trees and knock acorns down by jumping on the branches.
But the worst is all the poo.

That reminds me of Lola who was the big boss's secretary at that time.
She was a lovely, petite, dignified lady about 60. It was Easter time
and she had on a beautiful silk pink suit and matching hat. She went to
town on her lunch hour and (horrors!) she got bombarded from overhead by
an overloaded seagull. I never saw her wear those clothes again. The
seagulls come to town from the Great Salt Lake shore to feed on what
people drop on the street (intentionally or accidentally). They can be
a real nuisance. MLB

Cheryl wrote:

Finally got a chance to watch this. Wow! That's amazing. It's a sky
ballet! It must be incredible to be right under it. What does it *sound*
like?

You wouldn't want to be under it. Ick. I have all kinds of black birds
that migrate through here and they number in the thousands when they
come through. They'll all land in the cemetery across the street, and
when they get spooked, they all take off at once and the sound of their
wings all flapping at the same time is like a big WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!
They get in my trees and knock acorns down by jumping on the branches.
But the worst is all the poo.

I think the only thing I would really dislike is the poop. The whoooshing
thing sounds kind of cool, actually. Not sure how my cats would feel about
that, though.

I don't think we have them in San Francisco. At least, I've never seen a
huge flock behaving like that around here.

Joyce

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Taxes: Money you complain about giving the government, to pay for
services whose absence you would complain about.
-- John O'Hanlon

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It's starlings preparing to roost

http://www.zie.nl/video/opmerkelijk/...t/m1gz0fwf7ru0

Tweed



Wonderful! It's like bird ballet.

MaryL

MLB wrote:

Do you
remember the Hitchcock movie "The Birds". That movie
really scared me way back then.

Then don't ever read the original Daphne du Maurier novelette. I'm
afraid I found the Hitchcock effort merely silly and not in the least
scary. The written word is much more successful at conveying that kind
of horror.
--

Wayne M.

Wayne Mitchell wrote:

MLB wrote:

Do you
remember the Hitchcock movie "The Birds". That movie
really scared me way back then.

Then don't ever read the original Daphne du Maurier novelette. I'm
afraid I found the Hitchcock effort merely silly and not in the least
scary. The written word is much more successful at conveying that kind
of horror.

Ditto on "Don't Look Now". That story scared the hell out of me. I
don't really remember how I reacted to the movie, but I don't think
it was quite as effective. That might have been because I already
knew what was going to happen, though.

Joyce

--
We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth
concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.
-- Louis D. Brandeis

wrote:
Wayne Mitchell wrote:

MLB wrote:

Do you
remember the Hitchcock movie "The Birds". That movie
really scared me way back then.

Then don't ever read the original Daphne du Maurier novelette. I'm
afraid I found the Hitchcock effort merely silly and not in the least
scary. The written word is much more successful at conveying that kind
of horror.

Ditto on "Don't Look Now". That story scared the hell out of me. I
don't really remember how I reacted to the movie, but I don't think
it was quite as effective. That might have been because I already
knew what was going to happen, though.

Joyce


That was a long time ago -- but as I remember, I was home alone and I
really felt uneasy. I remember getting up and checking the doors and
windows. A few days after that I was out in the yard and a humming
bird kept flying around my head like it wanted to land on me. It
creeped me out and I hurried inside. The next day, I happened to read
the "lost and found" column in the n newspaper. Someone advertised for
a pet humming bird that had escaped. That made me feel badly because I
had been made nervous by it. I watched, but never saw it again. MLB