
This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Eerie.’ See more responses here.
These birds were on the ground when I approached, but then took to the air in unison. They quickly landed on the fence and overhead wires and it became eerily quiet again. I immediately thought of the Hitchcock film, and hastened on.

Love it. I was working at the pumpkin patch this weekend and not far from where I was standing, birds would land on the ground…it was close to an old truck they had set up with pumpkins and cornstalks…when people would walk by, the birds would fly up. I was hoping for a “photo op”, but no cooperation or right timing. Oh well.
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Better luck next time!
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Definitely reminiscent of the movie!
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It was the first thing that sprang to mind.
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My husband was traumatized by that movie as a young boy… but then ended up breeding pigeons (which give me the heebie-jeebies!) Linda 🙂
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I guess he got over it then!
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Way too much !!
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Add dark clouds and yes eerie would be there
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Those clouds were pretty dark. Maybe I should have doctored them a bit!
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Oh no, they added to the drama of the situation
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Very atmospheric photo, Graham. We often speak of that film at similar moments – birds can certainly set a mood.
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They can indeed.
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Oh boy, Graham, you captured the eeriness of The Birds perfectly here. Isn’t that funny, when birds suddenly go deathly quiet? Nothing eerier.
Years ago, I visited the set where they filmed the movie in Bodega Bay. There is something STILL creepy about seeing the school house.
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Thanks Terri. That must have been cool to visit where it was filmed. I think the movie still holds up pretty well, even after all these years.
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Very evocative of that film The Birds
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Thanks Sheree. First thing that popped into my head.
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