Boreray. Tribute to Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven and Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds. Photo #1 by steve_w

Yes, flocks can be stunning such as this massive flock. 1.5 – 2 million flamingos, taken at Rift Valley, Kenya. Photo #2 by Steve Garvie

Birds and Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Avila Beach, California. Flocks of birds come in all size and species. Photo #3 by Donald Quintana

“The flock of pigeons was flying in circles just in front of the rainbow. It was breathtaking. I’ve rarely seen a rainbow as intense and complete as this.” Photo #4 by Bernd Sieker

The Birds and a pink moon; sometimes it’s a happy, peaceful scene. Photo #5 by Nathan Gibbs

Flock flying in to a high tide roost in Roebuck Bay in Western Australia. Sometimes it’s less peaceful, more erratic and huge flocks. Photo #6 by Mdk572

Then other times . . . Hitchcock’s Wedding. Photo #7 by Nwardez

Bird Island Seychelles. Did Hitchcock visit here before writing The Birds. Photo #8 by Dino Sassi – Marcel Fayon, Photo Eden LTD

The Birds Hit the Road. Photo #9 by Wavy1

Let’s not forget Edgar Allen Poe if we are thinking about spooky birds. The Raven: Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, — Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore — While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, — As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. — “’Tis some visiter,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door — Only this and nothing more.” Photo #10 by jhoc

Surely not a flock of crows attacking a farm building? The birds in Southern Story County, Iowa, USA. Photo #11 by Carl Wycoff

Left: Raven visits tombstone of John Snow. Right: Crow An obligatory rook at Rookwood! Taken at Rookwood Necropolis Sydney, Australia. Photo #13 by quite peculiar & #14 by johnno_oz

Brighton starlings at Brighton seafront. Photo #15 by Simon (musical photo man)

An island with nesting birds in San Lorenzo bay, Los Haitises National Park, Dominican Republic. Photo #16 by Anton Bielousov

That’s a lot of wild birds in Western Australia. Photo #17 by Jim Bendon

The Birds while quoting Edgar Allen Poe. Like H. P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allen Poe in the 19th century—has exerted ‘an incalculable influence on succeeding generations of writers of horror fiction.’ Raven: Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, — By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, — Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou,” I said, “art sure no craven, — Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore — Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night’s Plutonian shore!” Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.” Photo #18 by *Kicki*

The Birds with Hitchcock. Photo #19 by Araí Moleri Riva-Zucchelli

A flock of Red-winged Blackbirds flying into the sunset. Taken at Quivira National Wildlife Refuge in Kansas. Photo #20 by Jerry Segraves

The Birds attacking NASA’s Space Shuttle Atlantis. Photo #21 by NASA

A flock of migrating shearwaters fills the sky at Unimak Pass on the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. Photo #22 by USFWS Headquarters

Left: “Around dusk,” wrote the photographer, “thousands of grackles swarm around downtown Houston before descending to roost in trees around the Wortham Center. They fly in some crazy formations. It’s quite a sight to behold.” Right: Civic Center Inn, San Francisco. Photo #23 by Adam Baker & #24 by nahlinse

Starlings over the West Pier. Photo #25 by Paul (howzey)

The photographer wrote, “Alfred Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren can all be proud of – my own private screening of The Birds! Quite amazing how many gulls you can attract with a stale baguette!” Photo #26 by William I. Boarman, United States Geological Survey

Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds. The birds are famous in Plaça Cataluña. Photo #27 by Andrew E. Larsen

Killer pigeons? Attacked by Birds in St Mark’s square in Venice. Photo #28 by Renato Morbach

“Feeding Friendzy,” the photographer explained. “A woman makes 200 new friends in St. Mark’s Square.” Photo #29 by brian wallace

The Birds at Piazza San Marco. Photo #30 by Jay Reed

Just in case you’ve never seen the movie, here is a mashup created by KJEveryday, in a tribute to Alfred Hitchcock’s magnificent film, The Birds in 1 minute, and 40 seconds. Video #1 by Kyle Johnson

Birds make a a Hitchcock atmosphere. Photo #31 by Suzanne Bonnefond

A White-necked Raven (Corvus albicollis) in Durban, South Africa. Photo #32 by MBoy68

Poe’s The Raven on tombstone in graveyard. Photo #33 by Geordie Lounsbury

Attack of the Ravens at a landfill. Photo #34 by William I. Boarman, United States Geological Survey

Farmers and tractors under attack. Photo #35 by Rona Carson & #36 by Stephen Elwyn RODDICK & #37 by Trish Steel & #38 by Trish Steel & #39 by Jonathan Billinger

Half Dome and Raven. Photo #40 by Brocken Inaglory

Flock, swarming in Israel. Photo #41 by Barak Baram via the PikiWiki – Israel free image collection project

Birds on the Bird Island, Seychelles. Photo #42 by Phil Guest

Marbled Godwits and Willets in a flock flying, seen during a kayak outing in Morro Bay, CA Morro Bay Estuary. Photo #43 by Mike Baird from Morro Bay, USA

Sydney – Bats at dusk. The photographer noted, “Every dusk the flock of fruit bats/Flying foxes camping in the Royal Botanic Gardens next to the Opera House fly out to feed on fruit/nectar/pollen. There has been a flock of approx 3000 living there since 1989.” Photo #44 by Naddsy

Starlings flocking around Brighton Pier. Photo #45 by Andy Aldridge

Flock and full moon. Photo #46 by fdecomite

Cold War-era NIKE missile site radar dome with a flock of ravens near Eielson AFB, Alaska. Photo #47 by G.Goodwin Jr.

The Raven feasting. Photo #48 by Korall

The bird flock attacking the cows. Photo #49 by Gouwenaar

“Watching the murmur flow” is a pretty sight, so long as Hitchcock’s Birds or Poe’s Raven aren’t attacking. Photo #50 by steve mcnicholas

Grey Cranes. Photo #51 by Shay golan

Flock of birds that reside primarily in and around temples flying away in unison … the temple is the Kapaleeswarar temple in Chennai, TamilNadu. Photo #52 by Nandakumar Subramaniam

The Birds in Nykoping, Sodermanland, SE. Photo #53 by Christian Holmér

Hitchcockian. Photo #54 by David Gunter

Germany – Migratory birds (presumably Common Starling) on a high-voltage power line. Photo #55 by Georg Slickers

Lesser Snow Goose. Photo #56 by Walter Siegmund

Waterfowl at Gray Lodge Wildlife Area, Sacramento Valley, California, USA. Photo #57 by Miguel Vieira

The Raven. ‘Work in progess’ #58 by Iskander HFC

The Raven on a tombstone in graveyard. Poe wrote, “And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting — On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon’s that is dreaming, — And the lamp-light o’er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor — Shall be lifted — nevermore!” Photo #59 by Mike Hiatt

Northern Raven aka “Life and Death”. Nevermore . . . Photo #60 by Nabok

Just in case you’ve never been made to memorize Poe’s dark poem, The Raven written by Edgar Allan Poe. “Read by James Earl Jones. Effects and music added, as well as images related to the raven. A fan video made by a fellow poet.” Video #2 by BeyondTheDarkness09