crows, gathering

[asakiyume]

I left the jail at exactly the moment of sunset when all the crows--ALL OF THEM--were flying from every point lower than the hill on which the jail sits to the trees above the parking lot and below the highway. They swirled in the air, so many of them, and then settled to roost. I wish I could have captured the waves of them, coming up from the river, and then how they filled the sky right above the parking lot. "A little creepy," said one woman, walking from her car toward the lobby. But no, it was thrilling, magnificent ... also made me thing about the word "jailbird."

Comments

[gwynnega]

That photo reminds me of Hitchcock's The Birds.

[asakiyume]

It absolutely seemed like The Birds. Like... I think he must have been inspired by seeing huge numbers of crows circling in the sky and then roosting.

[pameladean]

Oh, those are lovely moments. So glad that you got one. I often see the crows flying steadily overhead towards whatever roost they've decided on. Sometimes they take a rest in local trees, but we don't have any really enormous ones for them.

P.

[asakiyume]

I know if I had come out a little earlier or a little later, I would have missed it--it was Just Right.

[sovay]

They swirled in the air, so many of them, and then settled to roost.

That's a wonderful photograph. They look like seed-heads on the trees.

[asakiyume]

They do! The trees scatter birds like seeds each morning.

[zyzyly]

Love that photo and the background to it.

[asakiyume]

I'm glad!

[minoanmiss]

I love how you think.

[asakiyume]

I'm lucky, then ^_^

[amaebi]

Beautiful!

[asakiyume]

I wish I could share the actual event!

[gale_storm]

A murder of crows! I love the bleak nature of the photo and of your description of all therein!

[queenoftheskies]

That's a lot of crows. (And a stunning picture.)