When they say birds fly south for the winter, they must mean they fly to Texas because they are everywhere right now.
Hundreds of birds made their way to a parking lot in Cypress, TX, in a scene that witnesses liken to "straight out of a Hitchcock movie."
These didn't seem to be any ordinary birds, either. According to PEOPLE, Yvone Gomez who filmed the incident said, "These birds were not scared as I honked."
WATCH: In Cypress, Texas, a bizarre spectacle occurred as a large gathering of birds dominated a parking area. pic.twitter.com/HoQVEJMNnD
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The birds were reportedly preventing shoppers from heading into stores as they landed on top of shopping carts, cars, inside truck beds, and in the middle of the parking lot itself.
The Great-tailed grackles are no strangers to Texans and according to the Houston Audubon "tend to congregate in large flocks and prefer shopping centers and fast-food store parking lots where there's trash for food and trees or light posts for perching."
The organization also added that that the birds are "fierce parents" and may defend nests by "chasing, mobbing or diving at perceived predators," including humans.
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