Hitchcockian Hilarity
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (86691)
United States
March 10, 2021 7:53pm CST
After breakfast I saw some ducks, geese, and pigeons by the river, along with a sign warning people not to feed bread to the birds. That made me believe they were selling bird food. They were, so I bought a little and went to feed the critters.
What ensued can only be called Hitchcockian hilarity. Remember The Birds (or you’ve heard of the movie)? That was me. It was so funny, too!
During the two bags (small bags, mind you) I had pigeons treating me like I was a statue: one on my back, one on my left shoulder, one on my right shoulder, one on my left hand, one on my right hand, and even one on my head! And before you ask, no, they didn’t treat me like a statue in that regard. 
While the geese and ducks were slightly more patient, the pigeons were not. I even landed on my butt, complaining that four or five of the birds tackled me.
Oh, was it fun!! I wish I could’ve snapped some photos, but I had my hands full....of bird seed and birds.
While the geese and ducks were slightly more patient, the pigeons were not. I even landed on my butt, complaining that four or five of the birds tackled me.
Oh, was it fun!! I wish I could’ve snapped some photos, but I had my hands full....of bird seed and birds.15 people like this
14 responses
@kaylachan (84780)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11 Mar 21
To bad you were alone, that would've been one hell of a photo. When we lived at the breakers, the birds always knew we had food. If we weren't careful, Ducks would walk into our apartment.
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@FourWalls (86691)
• United States
11 Mar 21
They crawled all over me, but they left no souvenirs, bless ‘em.
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@FourWalls (86691)
• United States
11 Mar 21
@DianneN — I didn’t have to sanitize the jacket I was wearing, just a good washing. 
And a pigeon isn’t a foo bird. You’ve heard about the foo bird: if the foo sh*ts, wear it! 
And a pigeon isn’t a foo bird. You’ve heard about the foo bird: if the foo sh*ts, wear it! 1 person likes this
@DianneN (254926)
• United States
11 Mar 21
@FourWalls You were very lucky or is it not lucky?
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@DaddyEvil (174410)
• United States
11 Mar 21
How did you guess what I would ask? 
Most places, even if they don't sell bird food, have signs now warning against feeding bread to wild birds. It can cause their wings to grow weird so the birds can't fly.
Most places, even if they don't sell bird food, have signs now warning against feeding bread to wild birds. It can cause their wings to grow weird so the birds can't fly.1 person likes this
@FourWalls (86691)
• United States
11 Mar 21
Tom Lehrer’s classic “Poisoning Pigeons in the Park” was based on New York City trying that approach in the late 1940s/early 1950s to curtail the problem of the bird poop damaging the statues and other things like buildings. It’s an obvious question. 
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@DaddyEvil (174410)
• United States
11 Mar 21
@FourWalls Wild birds fed white bread get problems where the tips of their wings curl our and is called 'angel wings' and keeps them from flying.
Yeah, but I still wanted to ask anyway.
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@FourWalls (86691)
• United States
11 Mar 21
@DaddyEvil — makes you wonder if we should be eating that....
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@FourWalls (86691)
• United States
12 Mar 21
I believe I did see one heron standing on a rock in the middle of the creek, waiting for a fish to swim by.
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@LindaOHio (222302)
• United States
11 Mar 21
It's too bad the pigeons took over. I would love to feed the ducks and geese in peace. I'm glad you had fun!
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@FourWalls (86691)
• United States
11 Mar 21
I prefer ducks to geese or pigeons, but it was a blast anyway. And this WAS in PIGEON Forge!
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@FourWalls (86691)
• United States
11 Mar 21
I had that problem last year when I did the “country love” songs, JJ said he thought it said Courtney Love!
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@RasmaSandra (98005)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
12 Mar 21
That sounds like having fun with the birds. I had birds by a bus stop in Riga Latvia I loved to feed every time we were at the market. So they all gathered and there were many and as you say they were even on my arms and shoulder and one time one landed right on my hand and I fed it separately because the pigeon was young and seemed scared of all the others,
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
11 Mar 21
That is so funny! A video of it on YouTube would have made you your fortune.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
11 Mar 21
Look at the colors on those pigeons!
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