The Word on the Bird

By Kat St. Martin-Norburg stmartin@grinnell.edu As the days grew shorter this past autumn and the temperature dipped closer to freezing, Grinnellians knew that the cold Iowa winter will soon be upon them. But, before the snow fell, this vast prairie landscape turned from idyllic and serene to a scene resembling something from Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 horror film “The Birds.” Hundreds of crows descend onto the trees of Grinnell, their cries echoing as darkness falls and they prepare to sleep. “Crows […]