I had an interesting experience on Thursday...
As I was leaving to drive to the mountains for the holiday, I was distracted by a huge flock of blackbirds outside my apartment. The woods were absolutely full of these birds.They were flying around me and from tree to tree. And were really loud too. It looked like one of those huge migratory flocks was filling the trees. There were hundreds of them. It was so cool and somewhat hypnotic. I could not tear myself away and watched them for at least ten minutes. When I snapped to and walked around to my car the birds started to fly away. Naturally I had to watch this too.
I've seen these huge flocks before but have never seen them land anywhere but power lines or in open fields. It was like something from a Hitchcock movie. I was able to take some video with my phone - you can hear them better than you can see them.
Call me crazy but I think these birds were sent to me. Watching them delayed my departure by about 30 minutes. As I headed out Billy Graham Parkway I encountered an ugly 4 vehicle wreck (3 SUVs and a car) that looked about 30 minutes old. The whole scene gave me such a chill it made the hair on my arms and the back of my neck stand up. I believe if not for the distraction of the birds I would have been in that wreck.
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