When one thinks about the end of the human race, one usually associates it with global warming or nuclear war. Not pigeons, bluebirds or canaries. That is, I think, the reason that Alfred Hitchcock’s film “The Birds” works so well; it takes something that many people consider harmless and turns it into something terrifying. Tippi Hedren, Robert Taylor, Jessica Tandy and Veronica Cartwright, each fitting comfortably into their roles, are trapped in a house in the small town of Bodega Bay, CA. as all hell breaks loose around them. Along with “Psycho” and “Jaws,” it’s one of the few films that really gave me the creeps.