The Creepy Birds Are Back!

My daughter and I no longer wait at the bus stop alone each morning.  Lately, we have these big, creepy birds to keep us company.

They first showed up about a month ago.  There were about 20 or so then, perched in our neighbor’s tree, staring at me.  At least it felt that way.  The first thing I thought of was that movie, “The Birds” by Alfred Hitchcock.  If you aren’t familiar with that film, it’s about a town which is, suddenly and for unexplained reasons, the subject of a series of widespread and violent bird attacks over the course of a few days.

The birds hadn’t made another appearance since last month, until this morning.  They brought back a few friends because there were many more this time.  And they were everywhere!  Our neighbor’s house seemed to be a popular hangout.

As was the little building in their backyard.

Once my daughter got on the bus and I was done snapping pictures, I walked up the sidewalk back to the house and was startled when I suddenly realized there was one in the tree directly above me.  I didn’t like being that close to it, so I ran up the little steps to our screened in porch.  Don’t laugh, watch that Hitchcock movie and you’ll understand.

From the safety of my porch, I was able to take some pretty neat photos of it getting ready to take off.

I wish all of the photos had turned out a little better, but all I had was my phone and I had to use the zoom which made everything blurry.  I would much rather have the blurry photos though than to have these creepy birds in my yard instead of the neighbor’s!