Moondog: No... no... don't open that door... don't open... AAHH! Pilsner: Oh c'mon... don't be a wuss... they're just sparrows and finches and... oh *$@! man #@(! crows...
I was up in Wawa, Ontario, supposedly named after Canada Geese. They have big statues of them there…anyway, one day crows were everywhere, on wires, on fences, roofs of buildings….and they were cawing all the time, kinda like they were talking things over..It was really distracting…
OK, another time my friend Karen and I were looking for Petoskey stones along the shore near Charlevoix, and we looked up, and just above and behind us were 13 buzzards…not 12, not 14, 13. She looked at me and said, “Do you feel OK? Do they know something we don’t?” We both laughed, but still, 13 buzzards hanging in the air above us, about fifty feet up, as we walked along the beach…
They wouldn’t want to be around our local mall and Target every day at dusk. It gets to look a LOT like that movie numbers-wise. It’s been going on for a few years now. Bad news if you forget and park under one of their tree perches.
As a child, right after seeing that movie for the first time, my folks were driving us to church when we passed the high tension power lines. Which were covered with thousands, literally thousands of birds, who were completely silent. Really an uncomfortable feeling to see them there after having watched that movie.
Grey Piper, or maybe,"On the 13th day of Christmas my true love gave to me…13 hovering buzzards………BTW, 13 Buzzards would also be a good name for a bluegrass band….Rockngolfer, yup, be a poor time to lay down and take a nap…
Those of you who live in the south: have you ever been attacked by mockingbirds in the spring. I remember that when I was only 2 living in Oceanis, VA when my dad was in the Navy. Those birds are very protective of their nests and babies and will kill if need to.
Beat me to it, Rockngolfer. A neighbor’s cat killed a young mockingbird from a tree in my yard, and the poor thing couldn’t show his face in our yard for the rest of the summer. He got dive-bombed and harassed incessantly.
Growing up my dad always acted as if he didn’t like the various cats my mom and sisters would adopt. But he gave himself away the summer he made a sling shot to scare off the mockingbirds that were terrorizing the cat we had at the time. when we accused him of secretly liking Sheena, he said if anybody was going to be allowed to scare his cat, it would be him. Yeah right, Dad.
Stellar Jays and Robins are also very good at diving bombing when nesting. Crows will pair up. I’ve watched them stalk someone for a block before making a dive for the head.
trspence almost 13 years ago
Hey, I seriously sympathize with this strip. Tokyo crows are *@#x scary! They catch and eat pigeons (and kittens) if they can get them.
Varnes almost 13 years ago
I was up in Wawa, Ontario, supposedly named after Canada Geese. They have big statues of them there…anyway, one day crows were everywhere, on wires, on fences, roofs of buildings….and they were cawing all the time, kinda like they were talking things over..It was really distracting…
Varnes almost 13 years ago
OK, another time my friend Karen and I were looking for Petoskey stones along the shore near Charlevoix, and we looked up, and just above and behind us were 13 buzzards…not 12, not 14, 13. She looked at me and said, “Do you feel OK? Do they know something we don’t?” We both laughed, but still, 13 buzzards hanging in the air above us, about fifty feet up, as we walked along the beach…
Sisyphos almost 13 years ago
Geesh! You two wusses! It’s just an old psychological thriller/ horror movie! So what if I could never look at a flock of birds the same way again?
superflash almost 13 years ago
They wouldn’t want to be around our local mall and Target every day at dusk. It gets to look a LOT like that movie numbers-wise. It’s been going on for a few years now. Bad news if you forget and park under one of their tree perches.
castingfool almost 13 years ago
As a child, right after seeing that movie for the first time, my folks were driving us to church when we passed the high tension power lines. Which were covered with thousands, literally thousands of birds, who were completely silent. Really an uncomfortable feeling to see them there after having watched that movie.
Wenthral almost 13 years ago
Time to get the tennis racket.
Varnes almost 13 years ago
Grey Piper, or maybe,"On the 13th day of Christmas my true love gave to me…13 hovering buzzards………BTW, 13 Buzzards would also be a good name for a bluegrass band….Rockngolfer, yup, be a poor time to lay down and take a nap…
Andrew2011 almost 13 years ago
Hate the Crows.
iced tea almost 13 years ago
Those of you who live in the south: have you ever been attacked by mockingbirds in the spring. I remember that when I was only 2 living in Oceanis, VA when my dad was in the Navy. Those birds are very protective of their nests and babies and will kill if need to.
steverinoCT almost 13 years ago
Beat me to it, Rockngolfer. A neighbor’s cat killed a young mockingbird from a tree in my yard, and the poor thing couldn’t show his face in our yard for the rest of the summer. He got dive-bombed and harassed incessantly.
pnorman1 almost 13 years ago
Growing up my dad always acted as if he didn’t like the various cats my mom and sisters would adopt. But he gave himself away the summer he made a sling shot to scare off the mockingbirds that were terrorizing the cat we had at the time. when we accused him of secretly liking Sheena, he said if anybody was going to be allowed to scare his cat, it would be him. Yeah right, Dad.
reedkomicks Premium Member almost 13 years ago
I have been attacked by a chicken, but no other bird.
Hunter7 almost 13 years ago
Stellar Jays and Robins are also very good at diving bombing when nesting. Crows will pair up. I’ve watched them stalk someone for a block before making a dive for the head.
wrigleyvillain almost 13 years ago
True but eating pigeons is a reason to like crows too.