Nah, the flock has been living in the area for a couple of years, but boy, did it grow this year. And this is actually only about a third of them, they appear to have broken up into 3 distinct groups...

There's a couple of acres of woods right above us (no, it's too far away to be able to run a wire up into them, too many other backyards to cut through... but I haven't given up hope yet), plus a few more acres on the hill on the other side that surround the Mt. Lebanon public golf course, so they have plenty of space to hide in.
3849.jpgHungry little buggers too, as you can see here. I have a few more, but the focus is off; there are limits to the zoom in the camera, and I didn't want to scare them off, though they eventually did head back up into the woods...
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