You wrote... Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" (1963) utilized thousands of crows and seagulls in the title roles. Does anyone know how these birds were acquired and trained? Or how I might find out? I appreciate any and all suggestions. Peter S. Latham As I understand it, Hitchcock received some much needed help on the bird situation from Disney. Many of the massive bird scenes required animators to hand draw the "flock". He also used several individual real birds taped to the actors. ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]