Birds in the Backyard

We had a LOT of visitors today!  I had just gone upstairs to see if Dear One was interested in supper of some nature...not that I had anything interesting to offer him ready at hand, but thought if he was not really hungry I would not go to the effort.  He was just finishing watching "Gravity" with Sandra Bullock and I don't know who else since I only saw the part where she 'comes to' and decides to get herself out of whatever predicament she was in.

All of a sudden there were zillions of little birds in the sky.  Surprisingly, they decided to light down in our backyard.  It would be great if they picked off all the strange spike-y shoots that come up from the grass...but now I will have to wait until daylight to see if that happened.  South Carolina does not have the same grass as in Vermont!  Anyway, it was delightful to host them, even for a few minutes.

This is a picture from our deck though I was inside the slider hoping not to scare them off:

This is a LOT of birds!  I do not know what kind they are.  I am wondering if we are on their migration route south.  I shall find someone around here who knows.  Maybe at the library...

Here are some of them resting on the roof next door.  It just occurred to me that our binoculars are right beside our sliding door so next time, if there is a next time, I can look at the birds close up to see if I can figure out who they are.  I will need to go through our books to see if the bird book came south with us.