Bird invasion brings real-life horror to Kentucky city

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/19/us-usa-birds-idUSBRE91I16Y20130219

Bird invasion brings real-life horror to Kentucky city
By Tim Ghianni
NASHVILLE, Tennessee | Tue Feb 19, 2013 3:59pm EST

(Reuters) - Millions of birds have descended on a small Kentucky city this winter, fouling the landscape, scaring pets and raising the risk for disease in a real-life version of Alfred Hitchcock's horror film, "The Birds."

The blackbirds and European starlings blacken the sky of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, before roosting at dusk, turn the landscape white with bird poop, and the disease they carry can kill a dog and sicken humans.

"I have seen them come in, and there are enough that if the sun is just right, they'll cloud your vision of the sun," said Hopkinsville-Christian County historian William Turner. "I estimate there are millions of them."

David Chiles, president of the Little River Audubon Society, said the fact that migratory flocks are roosting in the city rather than flying further south is tied to climate warming.

[hedgehog]

1. This looks like a job for outdoor cats!

[Voice for Peace]

2. aha! good one

[meow2u3]

9. Yep. Release the kitties

and let them be the heroes.

[MadrasT]

14. That was my first reaction

(after all the threads that hated on cats)

[onehandle]

3. May they nest in Rand Paul's wig. nt

[lastlib]

7. ...and shit on Mitch McConnell!

[malaise]

13. LOL

[kelliekat44]

4. Climate change? You know damn well these birds are protesting gun control! nt

[Light House]

6. Funniest post so far.

[AsahinaKimi]

5. Ya know, it was only

A day or so, I saw THE BIRDS on a movie website. The ending was strange, but it was all in all a pretty good flick.

[shraby]

8. That was Alfred Hitchcock's trademark...strange and unexpected endings.

[AsahinaKimi]

10. I also heard he appeared in all his films...

He was in the first five minutes of the film, coming out of a pet store, walking two fluffy dogs.

[malaise]

11. The poop swoops down

on Mitch's old Kentucky home

(you know the tune)

[Glimmer of Hope]

12. I can't imagine the noise! They are very chatty birds.