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Major Bird Swarm Over Sacramento California (cool nature video)
Interesting, Weird, and Educational Videos ^ | 12/22/09 | ????

Posted on 12/22/2009 6:34:27 PM PST by FredJake

Check out this is a video of a half a million birds swarming over Sacramento California. After watching this I thought about a B movie I watched back in the late 70s called "Swarm". It was about a bunch of Americanized bees that wrecked havoc in Houston. Well the way these birds are flying over the city of Sacrament reminded me of the way the bees swarmed over Houston in the move the swarm.


Check out the video of the Birds over Sacrament here


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: hitchcockbirds; nature; weird

1 posted on 12/22/2009 6:34:30 PM PST by FredJake
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To: FredJake

I bet that was a common site over a large majority of this country at one time. Pretty neat video.


2 posted on 12/22/2009 6:40:27 PM PST by Parley Baer
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To: FredJake
Cool Video...They are just waiting for Arnold to show up at the capital.

Something about letting him know what they think about his ....(hem) leadership.
3 posted on 12/22/2009 6:42:16 PM PST by glaseatr (Father of a Marine, Uncle of SGT Adam Estep. A Co. 2/5 Cav. KIA Thurs April 29, 2004 Baghdad Iraq)
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To: FredJake

Great vid :)


4 posted on 12/22/2009 6:42:20 PM PST by happinesswithoutpeace (You are receiving this broadcast as a dream.)
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To: FredJake

Pretty amazing.


5 posted on 12/22/2009 6:57:29 PM PST by oldteen
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To: FredJake

Very cool.


6 posted on 12/22/2009 6:58:22 PM PST by Gator113 (Obama is America's First Failed Black Pres-dent.....)
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To: FredJake

Statues in the area will be covered in fresh Pelosis.


7 posted on 12/22/2009 7:03:33 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: FredJake

8 posted on 12/22/2009 7:07:31 PM PST by texas_mrs
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To: FredJake

I think you mean “Africanized” bees in that B(ee?) movie. However, it would be nice if we really had a swarm of Americanized killer bees who could be trained to lethally sting all the Demonrats in Congress.


9 posted on 12/22/2009 7:10:21 PM PST by hellbender
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To: glaseatr
Cool Video...They are just waiting for Arnold to show up at the capital.

Something about letting him know what they think about his ....(hem) leadership.

Let's hope they were successful in delivering their message! lol!

10 posted on 12/22/2009 7:14:20 PM PST by notaliberal (Palin supporter)
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To: pandoraou812

You gotta see this video.


11 posted on 12/22/2009 7:19:20 PM PST by TigersEye (Tar & feathers! Pitchforks and torches! ... Get some while supplies last.)
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To: FredJake

Very cool. FYI - it’s known as a “murmuration”.

Some additional info on the phenomenon can be found here:
http://tinyurl.com/56yvqe

Thanks for posting.


12 posted on 12/22/2009 7:19:41 PM PST by Dinah Lord
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To: Parley Baer

The amazing flocks of starlings are very cool. They appear regularly in beautiful downtown Rome and other major cities.


13 posted on 12/22/2009 7:34:26 PM PST by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94))
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To: FredJake
10's of million of birds winter over here in this valley.

It's still one of he most beautiful places on earth. Too bad it's infested with commies.

14 posted on 12/22/2009 8:23:40 PM PST by Mariner
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To: FredJake
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15 posted on 12/22/2009 8:34:10 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (Zer0 to the voter: "Welcome to 'MY' DeathCARE ® Plan"...Sucker! ...now just die. :^)
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To: Dinah Lord

I saw a formation this large in the farmland of Central California near 5-Points driving south on Highway 145 last week. They turned the sky dark as they flew over my truck out of the orchards. It reminded me of the huge schools of fish you might see in the National Geographic TV specials, tens of thousands moving and bending in unison. Really a sight to remember.


16 posted on 12/22/2009 9:40:11 PM PST by FresnoRobert (When born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, it's reversed.)
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Reminds me of the bunch that roosted in Riverpark a couple of years ago. Boy, they were noisy, but fun to watch.
17 posted on 12/23/2009 12:06:22 AM PST by Othniel (Meddling in human affairs for 1/20 of a millenium......)
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To: FresnoRobert

OMG - that’s so awesome. Were you able to hear the sound of all those flapping wings?

I’ve only seen one in person once - en route to the Denver airport about a week and a half ago. It was too far away to hear but I stopped the car and watched them until they were out of sight.

Just amazing.


18 posted on 12/23/2009 7:40:48 AM PST by Dinah Lord
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