The Bird House - a photo on Flickriver

The Bird House

            Alternate Title:  This House is for the Birds!

If you have ever seen Alfred Hitchcock’s movie ‘The Birds,’ you may be curious as to the location of the training facility for the crows used in the film.  Yep!  It was this house.  You can see there is an outdoor facility for Purple Martins.  This helped to attract the crows, as did all the vegetation which fooled them into thinking it was a big tree.

The crows were trained inside the house until they could be trusted not to fly away.  Little balls of white Wonder Bread were used as treats.  The crows loved them and the wet ball of heavy dough in their stomachs slowed them down.

There were many mishaps during the training of the crows.  Several of the trainers got broken bones from slipping on crow poop.  There were quite a few eggs laid as well.  No crows were hurt in the training process, however.

After the crows were shipped to the movie set, this facility had to be closed.  Apparently, the foot of crow poop on the floor could never be totally scraped off.  Also, neighbors complained that, even over 50 years later, there was a considerable stench coming from the house.

Taken on: August 5, 2019

Tags:

abandoned

empty

corroded

crumbled

degenerated

decomposing

disintegrating

mildewy

moldering

moldy

derelict

deserted

desolate

disused

forgotten

forsaken

rejected

vacant

vacated

neglected

untended

ruins

shabby

ramshackle

old

grass

tree

building

run-down

shoddy

Decay

roof

Rusty

House

Rural

Virginia « less

Sets appears in: • VERY FUNNY STORIES

Groups appears in: • If These Walls Could Talk... (no 30/60 limit!) • Dilapidated Houses more » • I Love Abandonment! - NO people shots! • Rural Decay 2 • Old, abandoned houses • Once was home • PLANET EARTH BACK IN THE DAY • Rusty or Forgotten • Abandoned, Derelict, Ruins • Beauty of derelict @ abandoned buildings « less

Camera: Nikon D3500, f/8.0, 1/125 sec, 48mm (=72mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D3500
Lens:	18.0-55.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.008 sec (1/125)
Focal Length:	48mm (35mm equivalent: 72mm)
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Windows Photo Editor 10.0.10011.16384
Show full info

Stats: 4,820 views / 86 comments

go back

close tools panel

Badge creator

Use Flickriver Badge Creator to create a badge linking to your photos, your group or any other Flickriver view.

You can place your badge on your Flickr profile, Blog or Website.

Add to your iGoogle or Netvibes page

Flickriver widget for iGoogle or Netvibes can display almost any Flickriver view - most interesting today, by user, by group, by tag etc. Once added to your personalized homepage, just edit widget settings to select your desired view.

Clickr on one of the buttons below to install:

Embed on your Web site

To embed this view, Copy and Paste the following HTML code:

Black background (preview):

White background (preview):

Firefox and Chrome addons

Adds a 'Flickriver' button to your browser. While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on this button to open the same view on Flickriver.

Install in Firefox
Install in Chrome

Search plugin

Add 'Search on Flickriver' to your browser's search box. Works with Firefox and Internet Explorer. Install search plugin

"View on Flickriver" Greasemonkey script

A Greasemonkey script that adds Flickriver links to various Flickr photo pages - user photos, favorites, pools etc, allowing to quickly open the corresponding Flickriver view.

Also, allows quickly viewing any Flickr photo on black background in large size.

Install "View on Flickriver" script

Bookmarklet

While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on the bookmarklet to open the same view on Flickriver.

To install: drag and drop the following link to your Bookmarks toolbar.
IE users - add the link to your Favorites under the Links folder