Stupid Birds

Let me explain.  Ever since I have been out of school, I have decided to start walking/running every morning to feel better about myself.  (Keep reading, that is not the most shocking part!) I charted out this course to go a little more than 2 miles every day around my neighborhood with hills and straight ways.  I have been enjoying my little runs every morning and look forward (sometimes) to go.  This week I have had to change my whole route and have had to change due to these stupid blackbirds.  Yes, they are stupid because I am being bullied by these birds.  And as funny as it sounds, I tell Jedd that I am being bullied around by about 4 blackbirds, and now I am scared to actually run my normal route every morning.  We have concluded that these birds are attacking me because they have a nest with babies in the tree.  So in reality, they aren't being stupid just protective of their little ones, but I still think it is stupid.  When I start to get close to this specific tree, these black birds start coming at me.  You laugh, but it is so ridiculous that I am scared to go past this tree anymore.  And this is what they do when I am approaching the tree.  They fly above me so I can't see them and come from behind, swoop down and nick my head, fly back up and do it again and again.  It is just not one bird, and it is just not once that they hit my head.  On Tuesday of this week, all 4 birds chased me down the whole entire street doing this swoop thing to me.  I act like I am just running (so hopefully if anyone is watching I look pretty calm), but in reality, I am running fearing that these birds will start to attack me and peck my like in the movie "The Birds".  RIDICULOUS!  So after this scary incident, I decided on Wednesday to cross the street to try and trick the birds.  Well when I almost got to "the spot", there were more birds on the other side of the street sitting on the fence which sure felt like they were just waiting to attack me.  And of course again, they chased me down the street doing the same swoop thing over and over again.  

Today, I decided to change my route and it was WONDERFUL to not have to worry about getting attacked by these birds.  However, I still have this fear that birds are going to come out of a tree, swoop down and hit my head.  Every time I hear this specific bird sound, my heart starts pumping just a little bit.   Let's hope this little fear won't last long.