
06-02-2011 11:12 PM
Last month a pizza delivery van hit me totalling my van. Today I was walking through a garden centre and was attacked by a red-winged blackbird. Two of them suddenly swooped right over my head. I started to walk back the way I had come and one swooped down & bounced off my head leaving a scratch. I wouldn't have believed a bird could pack such a wallop! Obviously I was getting too close to their nest.
One of the workers there picked up some birds that had fallen from a nest and put them back in. One of the parents landed right on her ponytail & started pecking at her head.
They also said that they are stalked by a grackle even when they are on the other side of the garden centre from its nest. Kinda reminds me of the old Hitchcock movie, "The Birds".
I wonder what will happen next month?
06-06-2011 01:42 PM
The birds, working in concert, learn how to drive a van....
06-06-2011 09:49 PM
Ahh, I knew there had to be a conspiracy.
Strangely enough, I was telling a fellow about the birds on the weekend. He was standing about 3 feet from me. Not 2 minutes after I told him, 2 birds flew right between us missing his face by about an inch. The look on his face was priceless & he pointed his finger at me.
Yeah, I know I am jinxed.
06-07-2011 03:40 AM
Oh, Judy! This is hilarious! It brought back some really funny memories from when I lived in Virginia Beach!
YES....THE BIRDS lives on!
Susan