[Connie]

This is so weird! This evening I took the dogs outside and there was a flock of blackbirds in our evergreen trees in the back part of the yard. I love birds, but blackbirds drive me crazy with the obnoxious racket they make. I have these things called snappers...you throw them on the ground and they pop, and I've been using them to scare black birds away. So, I took a couple handfuls of the snappers and headed back under the evergreen trees. I threw a handful on a large rock, and then another handful. I then heard a noise in the tree and turned to look, and saw a blackbird fall to the ground...just a few feet from me! It was dead! I got freaked out and thought there must be someone shooting at the birds, but saw or heard no one around. I ran in the house and got my hubby. He put the bird in a trash bag and there was no sign of blood on the bird, so he hadn't been shot. My hubby says, "You must have given it a heart attack!" Is that crazy or what! Thank goodness that bird didn't fall on me!