- Back at Mitch's house, he's boarding up the windows.
- He casts worried glances at where the birds are gathering.
- He says there's a pattern to their behavior; they attack, go away, and then start massing again.
- Melanie hasn't been able to reach her father because the phone is dead.
- Lydia calls from inside that there's news on the radio.
- There's a brief statement that crows attacked schoolchildren but not much else.
- You can't trust the news if you have a bird attack, Shmoopers. Sad but true.
- Mitch has built a fire in the fireplace to keep out the birds.
- Lydia is increasingly hysterical and thinks they should leave, but Mitch feels they shouldn't go while the birds are massing.
- Lydia starts shouting and says she wishes Mitch's dad were here; Cathy is crying.
- They're not showing grace under pressure there.
- The birds have got them all a-flutter.
- Get it?
- Okay, fine. We won't make any more puns. Not a tweet out of us, Eagle Scout's honor.
- Mitch and Melanie go back outside to try to do more boarding up.