Posted: Friday, April 1, 2011 11:30 am
By Elleda Wilson
The Daily Astorian
For the last few months, many people have mentioned the STARLING SWARMS at night around COLUMBIA HOUSE CONDOMINIUMS at the foot of Second Street.
Last week, just around dusk, the Ear and her patient partner stood on the trolley bridge behind the SHIP INN and waited. And waited. One or two birds finally flew in and landed on a telephone pole behind the restaurant. Every now and then the birds would pop into the air and fly around the condo a few times, magically picking up more birds (that seemed to come out of nowhere, honestly), before settling back down on the telephone pole.
After an hour, the birds began to swarm. The Ear had two cameras pointing at the west side of the building, ready for the final dramatic dive to their nests in the pilings underneath. There was one last swoop. Then they vanished behind the building and dove in on the east side. We were not amused.
Reprinted with permission of The Daily Astorian of Astoria, Oregon.
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