loud flock of birds

14 years ago

Wow, the craziest thing just happened. I stepped out on my deck to see if it was warm enough to take my boys out and all I heard were what sounded like hundreds of squaking birds. My first thought was that it was a flock of Canadian Geese flying overhead even though it didnt really sound exactly like geese. As I looked around (we have woods along the back and side of our house)I saw dozens of black birds flying from one tree to another. I grabbed my binocs hoping I could get a better look, but it was hard! They were in the tree tops, flying around a lot, and I was holding my wiggly 5 month old baby. A couple I saw were black with long beaks and maybe a little larger than a cardinal. I got a fairly good look at one and I was almost 100% certain it was a Robin. I don't see many robins here and when I do it is always spring. The others definitely did not look like robins. Then my 2 and 4 year old sons came out looking for me and yelling mommmmmyyyyy. I don't know if thats what did it but around that time whooosh, all the birds flew from the trees into a group, flew in a full circle, then flew away in the opposite direction. I have never seen this before! Maybe I am displaying my ignorance, but do robins flock with other birds and migrate? I just find it unusual to see them here (SE Georgia)this time of year.

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starlinka

7 years ago

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Probably something like this :) But its amazing, not creepy :)

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bob414
14 years ago
Sounds like European Starlings to me.
auntsis5
14 years ago
i live in se georgia also and i saw a large flock of robins go over on the 8th.
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Well, at least some of what I heard appears to be a couple of Night Herons as I finally saw one while making the call. It looked like a Yellow-Crowned Night Heron as I thought I saw a strong black and white pattern on it's face, but it was low light so I could have been mistaken. It and it's partner both took off almost as soon as I saw them too, so I only got a fleeting glimpse of them. Strange though, the call was much more repetitious than what I read or heard online. It also was lower than most of the calls I listened to online. I also don't know what they're doing up in tall trees most of the night instead of down by some body of water hunting. Maybe it's something about the environment around here in my part of eastern Kansas? LOL We do have a lot of Seagulls but they're almost always flying up high at between about 200' to 500' zig-zagging around non-stop all day it seems. The only time I see them down on the ground is in or near 1 of the large reservoirs here in Kansas, but those are some 75 to 100 miles from my place.
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organic_bassetlvr
14 years ago
Finally-GW let me sign in! I agree with bob14-sounds like starlings. Robins do flock but are not usually noisy & seeing the beak is a dead giveaway for starlings. Their bright yellow beaks stand out from their black/polka dot bodies. In some lights they look black but in other they are slightly iridescent & have spots. The only time I hear flocks of robins making a noise is when they awake in the am and when they go to roost at night.
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deanie1
14 years ago
Yes, sounds very starling-ish to me too.

About robins -- we have a nice creek on the back of our property and yesterday I walked down there around 3:30 pm and there were hundreds of robins making typical robin sounds, flying tree to tree for seemingly no reason, and playing in the creek, drinking from the creek and just hanging out on the shoreline. It was a robin convention -- they looked really happy.

Today -- maybe one-third the number, but still loving the creek.
auntsis5
14 years ago
havent seen any starlings around here latly.but did see a large flock of robins.
paulsiu
14 years ago
I am guessing that they are starling from their long beaks. Starlings are often black or black and streaky. Around this time, they often travel in large bands and make a lot of noise.

When I vacation in Sydney this year, I encountered a large flock of wild Cockatoos. These guys are loud :-)

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bandjzmom
14 years ago
Kate, I am in NW Georgia, and I have been seeing huge flocks of Starlings flying just as you described. I have never seen a large grouping of Robins. I have recently had a couple of Robins come through the yard, and like you, I was surprised to see them. I don't normally have Robins here until Spring, but maybe these guys were migrating from the north.~~Angie
bandjzmom
14 years ago
Kate,
I just had to come back to this post to let you know about what I have just seen.Last week, I drove to pick up my son from wrestling practice at about 5:15pm. Near his school, there are large empty fields. Two days in a row, as I drove past those fields, there was a VERY large flock of some sort of "black looking" birds (it was getting dark) which was feeding in the fields, and they were flying up all over the road in front of my van. I was worried that I was going to hit one of them. I finally got a good look at them, and lo and behold, they were ROBINS!!!!! I just had to tell you. I have never seen such a huge flock of Robins in my entire life. Now, I think you saw Robins. :o) Angie
conjoe13
7 years ago
I live in Perrysburg Oh. It's 11/13/17 @9:30 am I hear a crazy loud ruckus I am stymied by the crazy loud circles of frenzied flying birds seeming to circle from a large grouping of trees in my yard to several neighboring ones????It goes on & on like 10 -15 min..then I try to google ?& get this site but I am still curious what the heck. ?
conjoe13
7 years ago
I tried filming but it had slowed up by that time ? Creepy?
claireplymouth z6b coastal MA
7 years ago
Just breathtaking, starlinka!

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Pat Z5or6 SEMich
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Sheer joy. A great gift, starlinka.
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its a grackle that makes that annoying screeching sound like nail on a chalk board moving back and forth 100 miles a minute they are black, you can see their beaks and they fly around at dusk mostly here in athens ga they are driving us crazy

https://youtu.be/0H6Dr0iAgms

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