Today while delivering my newspapers and just when I was thinking about whether I had been wrong to have stopped believing in God, I saw the largest murder of crows I have ever seen. There looked to be hundreds of them. They were on the sidewalk, on the powerlines, in the trees. They were on the lawns of the properties for two blocks on either side of the street, and up the street to my right. They were everywhere. As I pushed my newspaper cart along the sidewalk, some flew away from me, some flew towards me and over my head, and still others, went about doing what they had been doing before I came along, or stood where they were, watching me, watching them. I wish I had my camera with me, for I don't think anyone will believe me when I tell them just how many crows there had been, or how very strange the experience felt. ... And the thing is, I didn't even get shat on once, so maybe there is a God afterall.
No crow poo! You were truly blessed:-)
ReplyDeleteAnd I've learnt a collective word too. A 'murder' of crows. Who'd have thought it:-)
It must have been an incredible sight.
(chuckling) sometimes not being shat on is all it takes... who would have thought, I guess it just depends on how you look at things :)
ReplyDeleteMurder of crows is such a cool collective name!
Haha, I love how you tied that neatly up. Do you remember what time of day this was? There's a reason I'm asking. :)
ReplyDeleteDelivering my newspapers, sometime between 3 and 6 pm, other then it being December and it still being light out enough for birds to to be out and about, then I'd say it was closer to 3 than 6.
DeleteApparently there's this island somewhere off Caddy Bay area that the crows "commute" to every late afternoon, so your timeline is exactly right. They gather in massive numbers, and finally all fly off pretty much at once. I saw it once before too, and it was amazing!!
DeleteAnd no, I've not been getting your replies on here. I just got the one you emailed me. o.O Technology, hey? Intended to make our lives easier...