This was my favorite news item of the past week. On New Year's Eve in Beebe, Arkansas, 5000 red-winged blackbirds fell out of the sky. 5000? Holy cow. Is this a sign? A sign of what? Is it better to have bird poop fall on you or a couple of dead blackbirds?I do not know the answer to this question.
Well, a dead bird wouldn't splash on you... right?
ReplyDeleteI have been fascinated by this story. I would rather bird poop fall on me. That beak could hurt if it hit you dead on. No pun intended.
ReplyDeleteI thought this was just an amazing story. It made me want to write a really dark grim poem that I could read (pretentiously) at a poetry slam.
ReplyDeletethis is even creepier than the keychain my student made me.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking up this news report ASAP. So interesting. This confirms the end is near.
ReplyDeleteI've had the unhappy experience of bird poop splatting on my head - twice. I thought there might have been a target up there among my showing roots. I'm conditioned now to run for cover whenever a bird is around.
ReplyDeleteSeriously. 'Blunt-forced trauma' is what they're saying killed them. I mean, did they run into some kind of force field up in the sky? And then did you hear about the dead fish found not far from the dead birds? It sounds like it's straight from TV: X-Files, Fringe, alien movies... that, or secret government testing.
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