i need some change, mr. carter.
there is very definitely a difference, miss.
they're both perching birds, of course, but of quite different species. the crow is brachyrhynchos. the blackbird is cyanocephalus.
i hardly think either species would have the intelligence to launch a massed attack. their brain pans aren't large enough for such.
birds are not aggressive creatures, miss. they bring beauty to the world. it is mankind, rather, who.
insist on making it difficult for life to survive on this planet. if it weren't for birds.
impossible.
i hardly think a few birds are going to bring about the end of the world.
the crow is a permanent resident throughout its range. in fact, during our christmas count, we recorded.
which gulls, mr. sholes? there are several varieties.
probably herring gulls. they arrive in november, you know, and don't migrate north again until march or.
the gulls were after your fish, mr. sholes. really, let's be logical about this.
what do you think they were after, miss?
for what purpose?
why?
i thought not. birds have been on this planet since archaeopteryx, miss daniels; a hundred and twenty million years ago!
doesn't it seem odd that they'd wait all that time to start a.  a war against humanity?
you and mr. sholes seem to be implying as much.
birds?
we need them.
they are incapable of organized warfare!
i have seen jays doing everything it is conceivable for jays to do. ornithology happens to be my avocation, miss daniels. you're talking about preservation of the species, a hen protecting her young. there's a vast difference between.
are you discussing gamebirds now? all birds are not gamebirds, you know.
that would hardly be possible.
because there are 8,650 species of birds in the world today, mr. carter. it's estimated that five billion, seven hundred and fifty million birds live in the united states alone. the five continents of the world.
probably contain more than a hundred billion birds!
of course.
of course it does. if we believe that birds are attacking, why.  why next we'll believe that grasshoppers and cockroaches are capable of.
and what? vultures? hawks? eagles?
yes. i have never known birds of different species to flock together. the very concept is unimaginable. why if that happened, we wouldn't have a chance. how could we possible hope to fight them?
we're fighting a war, sam.
what are the facts, mr. malone?
that's right, sir, i recall it. a large flock of seagulls got lost in a fog and headed in for the town, where all the lights were.
the point is that no one seemed to get upset about it. they were gone the next morning, just as if nothing at all had happened. poor things.
ignore what? the bird war?
ridiculous!
birds are not bad!