Birds in a Bag
I came home and found this on my doorstep this evening:
No note, no explanation. I’m not sure if a neighbor is unhappy with my always-hopping bird feeder, but there’s something disturbing and almost poetic about it, like a Joseph Cornell creation.
Either that, or I’m in bunny boiler territory.
Creepy. I would freak out.
October 27th, 2006 at 6:43 ammaybe some CDC representative accidentally left his bird flu sampler on your doorstep.
maybe not.
October 27th, 2006 at 6:48 amThey weren’t real birds, were they? I feel so sick thinking they were real birds. Please don’t let them be real birds. What kind of crazy person dislikes birds?
I’m one of those people who has no problem watching people shoot each other’s heads off, but if you even look wrong at an animal, turn on the waterworks.
I’ll say a blessing for your birds, your doorstep, and your obviously sick (but meticulously clean, for s/he went out and got a surgical glove to handle them) neighbor.
October 27th, 2006 at 8:56 amoh my god — was it shot?
October 27th, 2006 at 10:24 amTime to take down the neighbors. I’ll start loading.
October 27th, 2006 at 1:00 pmEww! Definite bunny boiler territory! (“I won’t be ignored, Dan!”)
October 29th, 2006 at 3:35 amThe birds were, alas, very real, and very dead. They didn’t appear to show any signs of external trauma, but then again I didn’t take them out of the bag and poke at them.
October 29th, 2006 at 11:02 pmUm, thats the creepiest thing I’ve seen all week.
October 30th, 2006 at 8:11 amThat is deranged. I’d of at least made a report to the police.
October 31st, 2006 at 4:46 pmThat is, actually, freaky and not okay.
November 2nd, 2006 at 11:08 amThat’s wierd. The birds are cedar waxwings, and travel in flocks. They prefer berries. Do you have a berry bush near your house? Or they may have been migrating and hit your window? Or the deliverer thought you were a biologist? Maybe put one of those falcon sihlouettes on your window…
Anyhow, if you still have them, donate them to a local biology department. The ornithology professor would appreciate it. They will keep well in the freezer.
November 8th, 2006 at 12:28 pmThat is CREEPY! I love that Jimbo knows all about the birds, I love him!
November 23rd, 2006 at 1:10 ampage phoenix student university web…
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December 5th, 2006 at 4:27 pmThe birds look to me as though they have been collected for deposit in a museum collection. If they show no visible trauma, they likely died in a window impact. We get birds bagged this way at the museum where I work with some frequency- especially at this time of year. Not sure why they would be placed at a private residence.
December 13th, 2006 at 4:58 pm