I need to get this off my chest

[HamishR]

The Eagles are dinosaurs. Other birds may be but I like them. We have kookaburras, magpies, wattle birds, South African doves, crows, willy wagtails, owls, Carnaby's cockatoos, pink and grey cockatoos, rainbow lorikeets, 28s, sulphur crested cockatoos and several other species I don't know the names of flitting through our small backyard. I love 'em all (except the stupid SA doves).

I once drove through a flock of emus with a geologist in a 4WD outside of Wiluna. They ran alongside the car for some distance - I don't know why! That same trip I photographed wedge tailed eagles (not the annoying Californian type) on rehab hills. We have some cool birdlife here.

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

My wife makes fun of me because I don’t like birds. But they are freaking dinosaurs and if they could they would kill us all! Hitchcock knew something about it…

I took a Hitchcock class in my undergrad and it's there that I realized it's likely Alfred's fault that I don't enjoy the company of birds. There are many more unsettling birds than just "The Birds." The main one I can remember is all the taxidermied birds that decorate Norman Bates' office. There's another example in "Sabotage" where a child is gifted a birdcage secretly containing a time bomb. Harbingers of dooooom.

 

[Coda]

I love birds and I love The Birds. Great film. The silence during the last scene is a great cherry on top. I love the whole scene of events leading to the gas station explosion. And Tippi Hedrin…

 

[hamerfan]

Out on the road today I saw a deadhead sticker on a Cadillac

I once saw a Rolling Stones tongue on a 3 story Yacht...but maybe that's not that far off.