Video: Flocks of Birds Invade Texas Shopping Centre Parking Lot in 'Terrifying' Moment

According to a Texas-based Houston Audubon bird protection organization, grackles are a “permanent sight” in the city and “prefer shopping centers and fast-food store parking lots”.

Flocks consisting of thousands of grackles invaded a Houston City shopping centre parking lot in Texas. Footage of the incident features thousands of grackles taking over a Kroger grocery store parking area, while also resting on power lines and cars.

“This is just [expletive] crazy. Look at these birds, they're like everywhere,” says Tracy Miller, the woman who recorded the video. “Just thousands and thousands and thousands…”

“This is just f$#&ing crazy...” Thousands of birds descend on a Texas shopping center! @abcnews pic.twitter.com/rWcfks8Ap8

— Marc Cota-Robles (@abc7marccr) February 1, 2020

Ummmm... Who do I report a bird problem to? BOGO Grackles at @kroger of S. Post Oak... pic.twitter.com/9GDVUS208B

— Brett Buffington (@BrettKHOU) January 30, 2020

The moment in the video is reminiscent of the iconic scene in the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock film ‘The Birds’, when birds attack a town.

"The grackles had taken over this parking lot for several days prior to me shooting the video. It was truly terrifying with them swarming like flies. They were everywhere: rooftops, cars, on the ground, in the trees. The sky was abuzz with them all, and they were so loud!" Miller told Storyful.