I also saw them once in France at the Atlantic coast. It is a great show how they come and fly about, settle again and also how they chirp. Thanks for remembering about it with your beautiful pictures.
yup, no kiddin..but up until that movie’s release no one even considered birds dangerous. Hitchcockpreyed on a very deeply sublimated recognition and guilt that after all the damage we’ve done to nature, nature may strike back…
He did so brilliantly, but I do agree with you, just as Jaws unfairly depicted sharks, Hitchcock unfairly demonized birds. Unfortunately some people believe what they see in the movies. I don’t think ravens have yet recovered from Hitch’s completely fictional depiction of them.
Not just Hitchcock demonized Ravens and crows, the Omen, the exorcist, and nearly every devil inspired horror film had at least 1 or 2 crows/Ravens flying around delivering messages from Satan himself…personally I luv em..their my animal totem after all😉😍👍🏽❤️
I think the reason people demonize animals like ravens is because they exist so successfully despite human attempts to eradicate them. People don’t like this. They fear animals that demonstrate a greater evolutionary adaptive advantage over them.
I say to the ravens, “Live long and prosper.”
Awww, thank you Carrie. I need to do an amazon review of your “Eating Bull.” I loved it! The characterization was so well done, so realistic, and the plot was compelling. Wonderful book Carrie~
Thanks for the amazing photos! ( It saves my lying down on the ground to see the spectacle, as I was tempted to do at the Sistine Chapel).. someone going to the trouble to make such beautiful pictures makes it much easier for we grateful viewers!
Thank you Cynthia and I love seeing your lovely face! Love your new gravatar. You and I were lucky to see The Sistine Chapel when there was room to lie down. Now people pack in there like sardines, with no room to breathe. It’s awful. Be well my friend~ <3
Science is studying birds now for their synchronized flying. They don’t understand how they do this, much like fish in schools when they swim in balls. They are looking at things like phenome communication and esp to explain how birds do this instantaneously, so yes, bird behavior is truly fascinating.
This is so right-on Wally! I used to go as a kid to Capistrano and see the annual migration and I know this song well! Swallows are amazing flocking birds. The bald eagles were quite interested in them when I took these shots yesterday!
They are and they do this, but they also deviate, leaving anticipatory swallow lovers bereft, when they abandon a tradtional nesting site and move en-mass somewhere else.
Having seen the swallows abandon Capistrano, I suspect they seek places with less people.
Smart swallows.
Cool pictures and the concept behind them! When I see a lot of birds on the wire as such it makes me wondering what they are thinking or they communicating to each other … ?
Stunning and so many. There just don’t seem to be so many around here now. I have some pics of young house martins gathering in Autumn. Your aerial views are brilliant.
Seriously wonderful. And to think I was excited that I saw four swallows today and got two in one shot. I wish I had that many in my yard to gobble up the mosquitoes.
Good birdies indeed. Right after I posted my comment, I made a cup of tea and went to sit on my back deck, I looked up and there were 20 swallows weaving and diving in my backyard.
How lovely! The only time I’ve managed to photograph swallows has been when they’ve been trying to avoid the camera… which produces unfortunately blurry photos.
Yes, they flit around catching bugs in what looks like erratic paths, but then out of the apparent controlled chaos, comes these perfectly executed flocks.
I walked today over at my neighbor’s field with a dozen nest boxes and saw 8 tree swallows. Not a huge flock, but I was relieved to see them. Bird numbers are dropping at an alarming rate everywhere it seems. 🙁
So civilized aren’t they? Truly like an abacus… Ahhh someone should create one like that. It would be quite a hit among us bird lovers – art imitates life! I wonder how many there are in that flock! Thanks for sharing this amazing sight with us Cindy! 🙂
Yes, civilized and organized which is pretty amazing isn’t it. They get along so well, unlike many humans. A bird abacus would be pretty rocking. You could use different size species for the beads. There were certainly hundreds of birds. How many hundreds? I have no idea.
Can you imagine attempting to herd swallows!
“Okay birdies, 500 of you line up here with no spaces in-betweem. Now, 10 of you line up here with equal spaces between.”
It boggles the mind.
As always, great photography, but how do you train them to do that, get them all in line and so forth, like a Drill Sergeant training soldiers?
Yes, I have a certificate in advance bird synchronized flying. I can’t do it of course, but that doesn’t stop me from teaching it! 😉
I also saw them once in France at the Atlantic coast. It is a great show how they come and fly about, settle again and also how they chirp. Thanks for remembering about it with your beautiful pictures.
Ahhh, so happy the birdies triggered such a lovely memory!
look at all the birds!!! reminds me of the Hitchcock classic avian horror film “THE BIRDS”😳😳😳🙀🙀🙀
Yes! It does, doesn’t it. The sychronized flocking behavior of birds is so surreal it seems eerie. Hitchcock was a genius to exploit this.
yup, no kiddin..but up until that movie’s release no one even considered birds dangerous. Hitchcockpreyed on a very deeply sublimated recognition and guilt that after all the damage we’ve done to nature, nature may strike back…
He did so brilliantly, but I do agree with you, just as Jaws unfairly depicted sharks, Hitchcock unfairly demonized birds. Unfortunately some people believe what they see in the movies. I don’t think ravens have yet recovered from Hitch’s completely fictional depiction of them.
Not just Hitchcock demonized Ravens and crows, the Omen, the exorcist, and nearly every devil inspired horror film had at least 1 or 2 crows/Ravens flying around delivering messages from Satan himself…personally I luv em..their my animal totem after all😉😍👍🏽❤️
I think the reason people demonize animals like ravens is because they exist so successfully despite human attempts to eradicate them. People don’t like this. They fear animals that demonstrate a greater evolutionary adaptive advantage over them.
I say to the ravens, “Live long and prosper.”
Great pics 🙂
Thank you & your blog title rocks!
🙂 Thanks!
how is youe neck, ldid this require some yoga poses on your part?
Mostly, I just look incredibly stupid!
Brilliant!
Awww, thank you Carrie. I need to do an amazon review of your “Eating Bull.” I loved it! The characterization was so well done, so realistic, and the plot was compelling. Wonderful book Carrie~
Thank you! So nice to hear! I’m glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
You are both intelligent and nice, the best possible combination.
Wow, these are swallows isn’t it
They are indeed!
It must be a party line.
xxx Huge Hugs Cindy xxx
Excellent!!! Wish I thought of that!
Simply stupendous shots, Cindy
Awww, I am honored. Thank you & cheers too~
Thanks for the amazing photos! ( It saves my lying down on the ground to see the spectacle, as I was tempted to do at the Sistine Chapel).. someone going to the trouble to make such beautiful pictures makes it much easier for we grateful viewers!
Thank you Cynthia and I love seeing your lovely face! Love your new gravatar. You and I were lucky to see The Sistine Chapel when there was room to lie down. Now people pack in there like sardines, with no room to breathe. It’s awful. Be well my friend~ <3
How did you train them to sit there for you?😂😂😂
I have a certificate in advanced bird synchronized flying! 😉 😉
Love these photos! Birds are pretty miraculous, aren’t they?
Science is studying birds now for their synchronized flying. They don’t understand how they do this, much like fish in schools when they swim in balls. They are looking at things like phenome communication and esp to explain how birds do this instantaneously, so yes, bird behavior is truly fascinating.
Really amazing!
Did they get lost on their way to Capistrano?
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This is so right-on Wally! I used to go as a kid to Capistrano and see the annual migration and I know this song well! Swallows are amazing flocking birds. The bald eagles were quite interested in them when I took these shots yesterday!
Oh-oh. Eagle food. Drats!
Laughing, yes, exactly.
Those are great shots!
So appreciated Laura! <3
You’re welcome! (typed in between Warrior plays)
I am impressed you took a break! Go Warriors!
“An abacus of birds.” Perfect.
Ahhh, thank you!
Awesome & amazing! 🙂
The flocking behavior is similar to the Monarchs and it is amazing!
Fabulous! We are seeing the first swallows here, but they don’t all sit in the same place at the same time!
I am intrigued by these guys. They just returned over and over to stack up every centimeter of the wires with fully packed swallows. I wonder why.
I’ve read they are creatures of habit and return to their breeding sites and successful nesting grounds.
They are and they do this, but they also deviate, leaving anticipatory swallow lovers bereft, when they abandon a tradtional nesting site and move en-mass somewhere else.
Having seen the swallows abandon Capistrano, I suspect they seek places with less people.
Smart swallows.
Amazing, they look like little banners in the wind!
All lined up, hundreds of them, in the same directions, even if on different wires.
Awesome shots! How many million swallows were there? 🙂
On these lines only, many, many hundreds. All together in The Holler, I have no idea. Certainly many thousands.
Cool pictures and the concept behind them! When I see a lot of birds on the wire as such it makes me wondering what they are thinking or they communicating to each other … ?
Exactly. How do they control such perfect flocking behavior, especially when hundreds do it at precisely the same nano-second.
above response is directed on u Cindy😉🙄😎
I agree with what you are saying 100%. Be well my friend~ <3
What a fun way to look at it.
So happy you enjoyed~
Talk about birds of a feather! Reminds me of an abacus!
Yes, me too, a bird abacus~
I love the birds on the wire! Have a wonderful weekend Cindy!Hugz Lisa and Bear
So glad you do and hugs back to you!
Geniale Fotos !!
Grazie di cuore! <3
These are beautiful shots of the birds,Cindy. 🙂
I am happy you like them Ranu & cheers to you my friend~ <3
Very creative angles and a different way to look at birds and the sky! You are always creative, Cindy!
So fun…the photos, your poem! <3 And I loved David Prosser's joke, too! Happy weekend, Cindy!
Yep, he is hilarious, wish I had thought of his pun!
OMG! The eagle’s had babies!!
Cracking up. I think she over dosed on her fertility meds~
Stunning and so many. There just don’t seem to be so many around here now. I have some pics of young house martins gathering in Autumn. Your aerial views are brilliant.
Awwww, thanks so much. This seems to be an epic year at The Holler for spring birds. The eagles are here and I see them regularly!
Perfecton… amazing photographs, dear Cindy-. 🌻🌟 happy weeekend to you… love and best wishes. Aquileana
Visa versa 2UX2! I think it’s time for me to return to Patagonia. I miss it! Lucky you, spring is here.
Seriously wonderful. And to think I was excited that I saw four swallows today and got two in one shot. I wish I had that many in my yard to gobble up the mosquitoes.
All the song birds go crazy at dusk here near the creek eating knats and mosquitos. Good birdies. I have never been bitten.
Good birdies indeed. Right after I posted my comment, I made a cup of tea and went to sit on my back deck, I looked up and there were 20 swallows weaving and diving in my backyard.
How lovely! The only time I’ve managed to photograph swallows has been when they’ve been trying to avoid the camera… which produces unfortunately blurry photos.
Yes, they flit around catching bugs in what looks like erratic paths, but then out of the apparent controlled chaos, comes these perfectly executed flocks.
Love this!
So glad you do and thank you!
Looks a bit like a birdie abacus.
My thoughts exactly!
Marvelous! I wish we got numbers like these. I’m beginning to worry…ours are late.
They do alter their migration habits. Capistrano for example has dwindling numbers.
I walked today over at my neighbor’s field with a dozen nest boxes and saw 8 tree swallows. Not a huge flock, but I was relieved to see them. Bird numbers are dropping at an alarming rate everywhere it seems. 🙁
Awesome 🙂
Yay! Thank you & cheers too~
Geometry lesson with true beauty 🙂
Awwww, you are such a lovely friend~
Great photos as always. I love the way birds sit on wires like that. I wonder why they do that? 🙂 <3
It is so mysterious and so organized. There is so much about nature that we don’t understand and I love this mystery.
Oh me too Cindy! Well said my friend!!! 👍😊❤️
I know you do Natalie! <3
They’re beautiful little birds. Love them! 😀
Anyone who loves birds is a friend of mine!
So civilized aren’t they? Truly like an abacus… Ahhh someone should create one like that. It would be quite a hit among us bird lovers – art imitates life! I wonder how many there are in that flock! Thanks for sharing this amazing sight with us Cindy! 🙂
Yes, civilized and organized which is pretty amazing isn’t it. They get along so well, unlike many humans. A bird abacus would be pretty rocking. You could use different size species for the beads. There were certainly hundreds of birds. How many hundreds? I have no idea.
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I saw on your post that you did this and I was very touched. Thank you Charles. It is a true pleasure to know you.
Wow Cindy, that’s a lot of swallows!
Alison
Many hundreds all spread in strands along the lines. Pretty amazing.
Beautifully amazing Cindy– you could not have orchestrated this! (and I love the title– perfect!). Happy weekend. xo
Can you imagine attempting to herd swallows!
“Okay birdies, 500 of you line up here with no spaces in-betweem. Now, 10 of you line up here with equal spaces between.”
It boggles the mind.
I’d like to see someone try! xo
Wow, amazing pictures! 🙂
Ahhh, many thanks Christopher!
Nothing like a perfect “regiment” 😀
Remarkable isn’t it, and all without a drill seargant!
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Wow, birds on a wire! Amazes me how they can all just sit there, like there’s plenty of room to just hang out!!
It was fascinating to watch how the late fly-ins joined the line perfectly, finding the very small spaces they could fit in.
Brilliant
So thoughtful. Thank you!
What an amazing site – especially like the ones where some birds are flying to join the others
Yes, I was amazed how they found the tiny spaces to fit into!
Fantastic views and pictures, Cindy. It seems they were putting on a show for you. 🙂 — Suzanne
They certainly were well choreagraphed!