Sunday, February 24, 2008

The Birds

I didn't realize when we went shopping for a vacuum cleaner that we were being cast as unwitting extras in an old Alfred Hitchcock movie:






15 comments:

  1. Wow... those are cool pics geewits :)

    Did you find a vaccum then?

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  2. HD,
    ~~Yes! Unfortunately it clogged after the fourth bird.

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  3. Amazing pictures! Scary, too!

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  4. Holy hell, I think you'll need a shop vac for all them birds!

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  5. Don't get them angry, you know what happened in the movie...

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  6. Scarlet,
    ~~The pistures don't really do them justice. They were EVERYWHERE.

    And VERY noisy.

    Jammie,
    ~~Yes. Industrial shop vac.

    Big Brother,
    ~~Yes. Not a good thing.

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  7. Cool. Hitchcock and a vaccuum too!

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  8. Great pix.
    Are they starlings? We get them flocking up like that.

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  9. Jazz,
    ~~There was also beer and foosball!

    Ian,
    ~~No. They are horrible noisy grackles. We have a lot of grackle problems around here.

    Tai
    ~~More like: Screech! Screech!!

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  10. Omigod! That is creepy!!!

    Looking at those pictures made the little hairs on my arms stand on end.

    *shudder*

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  11. Josie,
    ~~At one point they all flew up at once and just filled the air, but I had just put my camera back in my purse. THAT would have made a creepy picture.

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  12. Hey...! I just noticed your the picture of English Bay on your sidebar. You will love English Bay. And there is an absolutely fabulous pub about ten steps away from that picture. Literally. Ten paces.

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  13. Josie,
    ~~This trip just keeps getting better! Don't walk in front of any more moving cars.

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  14. Those are almost creepy! like the movie!

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