Flock - Sunday Scribblings

"Birds of a feather, flock together."

My mother would say these words and then shake her head in disapproval. As a young girl, I just didn't get it. Of course geese flock with other geese, and black birds flock with other black birds, the only mixed flock I had ever seen was the finches. And those little singing birds seemed sweet and fun. One time I wat…