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[garran]

There is a flock of crows in Vancouver - a 'murder', I suppose, though one of the tonal consequences of that most famous of the colourful avian group names is that I've always imagined a murder of crows to be a small, skulking thing. There is at least one collective, in Vancouver, of thousands of crows, and I see them, sometimes, filling up an entire stretch of trees, or in flight. Today as I was waiting on Commercial Drive I watched them crossing the street overhead, like a river in the sky; after five minutes, when the bus came, they were still passing.

My throat has been sore and congested all day, and yesterday. I think that I'm a little bit sick.

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misquoting, but it was a bad movie, so it's ok

[meta4mix.livejournal.com]

"Caw!"
"Crow."
"Caw!"
"'Nother crow."
"No, that's the same crow coming around again."

Re: misquoting, but it was a bad movie, so it's ok

[garran.livejournal.com]

I seriously considered that they might be going in circles; but if so, it was a big enough circle to inspire awe on its own, since I couldn't see where they were doubling back.

Water tastes strange. I am definitely sick.


-Garran

Re: misquoting, but it was a bad movie, so it's ok

[meta4mix.livejournal.com]

Part of me wants to suggest that it was somehow just Himoto and Hirusui playing a trick on you. ^_^;

I've seen groups of birds like that. No idea if they were as large as yours, but they were large birds and all flying around in groups, and it was pretty spectacular-looking. Seeing that in the big city, though, from down underneath Vancouver, especially that one street where only busses are allowed to go, would've been awesome.

Re: misquoting, but it was a bad movie, so it's ok

[verselogic.net (from livejournal.com)]

Does Vancouver have a wall around the city?

Re: misquoting, but it was a bad movie, so it's ok

[garran.livejournal.com]

It wasn't Granville, no. I guess that I didn't get to show you Commercial Drive when you were here; that's a shame (so you'll just have to give me another chance).


-Garran

caw

[meta4mix.livejournal.com]

Looking at it from the air, and assuming that Commercial is nowhere near either Langara or Anime Jyanai, then I'd have to say no, I've probably never been to Commercial Drive. But wouldn't seeing all those crows in downtown be /awesome/? ^___^

[damionrequiem.livejournal.com]

A mass-murder of crows?