This appears to happen once a year. A flock of seagulls fly in from the coast, which is about an hour and half drive away from here, and settle in the field in front of our house. The attraction was the food left out for the 2 horses to eat.
I find seeing any animal on mass a little unsettling.
The horse bravely approached the food.
But even he became irritated by the birds presence and kicked until the birds flew away.
But of course they returned minutes later. It reminded me of this!
I like that you included the horse in most of these, the last one being extra nice.
ReplyDeleteIt's a "whiter" version of what I've been seeing over the past month. The blackbirds have been migrating through our area and it's absolutely amazing to watch them. I'll admit it's a bit unnerving at times, especially when they're right outside the window. The sound of them always makes me think of the Hitchcock movie!
The horse kicking looks so powerful, of course it reminded me of the same film. :D
ReplyDeleteDont let my oldest see that horse. she is just fascinated by horses.
ReplyDeleteSo I'm guessing you're the kind of guy who'd rather fight 1 horse sized duck rather than 100 duck sized horses?
ReplyDeleteThe poor hungry horse! If only he'd galloped in at them, the flock might have fled in surprise. Time to get a covered food shed station out there...
ReplyDeleteThe gulls are like that here also- so I never feed them! Someone at the beach was doing that- to get pics n didn't have much food- stupid. Yep, many angry birds...
Great Photos n story!
Would have been here sooner but computer getting glitchy lately.
Definitely a cool capture, Joey! And the lighting was perfect, too.
ReplyDeleteLooks like the horse got a huge workout dealing with that flock!
Those are great pictures! I feel sorry for the horse but he certainly wasn't about to let his food be stolen.
ReplyDeletePS- In the Hitchcock film I am kind of rooting for the birds. If she is going to be so stupid to go upstairs and open that door she deserves a few pecks.
Thanks for stopping by my blog. :-)
but to comment again on this post. maybe a little bit of both because it seems they are looking for food and getting fustrated there isnt any..lol. hope all is well with you and yours.
ReplyDeleteTerrified of birds this is my idea of a nightmare.
ReplyDeleteNice! I was gonna say it brings to mind Hitchcock, but you beat me to it.
ReplyDeletei thought i was horrible at blogging lately? LOL!!! only picking on you. hope all is well.
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