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  Anonymous September 20, 2012 at 1:32 pm

  flying maybe?
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    Anonymous September 20, 2012 at 2:34 pm

    crazy. does anyone know what this weird squirrel was doing climbing up a tree in my neighborhood? thanks.
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      Anonymous September 20, 2012 at 3:32 pm

      I heard a dog making a loud barking sound the other day. WTF animal friends?
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        Mark September 20, 2012 at 10:55 pm

        Flock y’all.
        Crazy mothra flockers.
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  kari September 20, 2012 at 1:33 pm

  http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/07/the-miracle-of-murmuration/

  Murmuration!
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  Brian Fellow September 20, 2012 at 1:35 pm

  That bird was tryin’ to buy a stereo with my credit card!

  That bird better PRAY he don’t screw up my credit!
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    styglan1dc September 20, 2012 at 3:43 pm

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  kari September 20, 2012 at 1:37 pm

  It has to do with communicating that the season is changing. They’re acknowledging the weather.
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  talula September 20, 2012 at 1:55 pm

  Maybe they are getting ready to migrate south for the winter? I saw a larger flock of birds around the outdoor mall in Pentagon City a few days ago, they were everywhere! It was kinda freaky actually.
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  Anonymous September 20, 2012 at 2:01 pm

  i don’t know about this location but in Woodley at sun down the bats come out. so this might be bats.
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  mrtindc September 20, 2012 at 2:04 pm

  Large flock (mumuration) of European Starlings, ugh. A beautiful natural wonder in Europe, not so good here, where they are non-indigenous.
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    RJS September 20, 2012 at 3:57 pm

    To be fair, this could also be a flock of Grackles, which are indigenous. I had 60 or 70 in my medium sized yard 4 or 5 days ago. No way to tell from this picture.
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  Kvatch September 20, 2012 at 2:55 pm

  OMG!!! The core of the earth has stopped turning, and the birds have lost their ability to navigate. We’re DOOMED!!! :- )

  (Sorry couldn’t resist…it’s from an obscure SciFi movie. I may have been the only person who ever saw it.)
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    smilla September 20, 2012 at 3:33 pm

    Are you talking about #3 on this list? http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/artscience/2012/09/top-5-science-done-wrong-moments-in-movies/

    I’ve seen it! On TV.
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      Kvatch September 20, 2012 at 4:42 pm

      Indeed it is! The science and plot were totally ridiculous, but still…I enjoyed the it.
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  Anonymous September 20, 2012 at 3:18 pm

  Remember that Hitchcock movie?
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  ET September 20, 2012 at 3:48 pm

  OOOOOO bird FLASH MOB!
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  Anonymous September 20, 2012 at 4:20 pm

  No joke Tippi Hedren is in town

  http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/general/view/20220919hedren_thinks_big_cats_laws_are_for_the_birds/srvc=home&position=also
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  john September 20, 2012 at 4:20 pm

  no joke, Tippi Hedren is in town

  http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/general/view/20220919hedren_thinks_big_cats_laws_are_for_the_birds/srvc=home&position=also
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  thundercheese September 20, 2012 at 4:22 pm

  It is what Starlings do.
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  mrsK September 20, 2012 at 6:03 pm

  Two words: Flash Mob
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  Jessica September 21, 2012 at 9:47 am

  Many birds in the DC area are flocking together right now in preparation for their migration south. There’s an large apartment building on the corner of Porter and Connecticut NW that attracts huge flocks of Chimney Swifts about this time each fall (a lot of people think they’re bats – but they’re Swifts!). Just before dusk they start to circle around above the building and then swoop down into the chimneys to roost for the night – it’s an amazing site! They’re usually around for a couple of weeks and then they’ll start to move south on their way to South America.
  Spring and fall are busy times for birds and there’s a lot of interesting behavior to watch. If you’d like to learn more about bird migration (or birds in general), I recommend checking out the Cornell Lab of Ornithology website: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/studying/migration/

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