The Birds (1963)

Quotes about The Birds: [https://www.latimes.com/people/amina-khan Amina Khan] * , {{cite journal|title=What Got into Hitchcock's Birds'?|journal=Los Angeles Times|date=January 8, 2011|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-jan-08-la-sci-birds-sidebar-20110108-story.html}}

Quotes about The Birds: [https://news.ucsc.edu/1995/06/toxic-algae-found-in-monterey-bay-food-web/ Garrison; [birds; [fish; [pelicans; [Alfred Hitchcock|Hitchcock] investigated a strange event in 1991 that caused ] around {{w|Monterey Bay}} to act bizarre and die. He identified the culprit as {{w|domoic acid}}, which was produced by {{w|Phycotoxin|toxic algae}} off the Pacific Coast. Those acid-making algae were consumed by ] and {{w|shellfish}}, which were in turn gobbled by birds, who couldn’t effectively rid the toxin from their systems.“There were reports of ] and {{w|cormorant}}s wandering around drunk and throwing up {{w|Anchovy|anchovies}},” said Garrison, who is based in {{w|Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington, Va.}}Domoic acid was probably responsible for another instance of strange bird behavior reported in 1961 around Monterey Bay, when ] was said to be vacationing nearby, Garrison said. The filmmaker reportedly asked to have a copy of the newspaper sent to him, the scientist added.