‘What is going on?!’ Bird startles Sacramento meteorologist during live TV forecast
A giant bird gave a Sacramento meteorologist a good scare during a live television forecast last week.
Well, it may not have been giant. But it certainly looked that way from where Adam Epstein was standing Friday in the KTXL studios.
The Fox 40 weather journalist was just starting to give a rundown of weekend temperature and precipitation outlooks when, on the large screen behind him, a bird decided to inspect the station’s Mount Vaca camera up close during a live feed.
The inquisitive creature and its fast-flapping wings suddenly replaced the view of the horizon behind Epstein, spooking him.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa!” he exclaimed, jumping aside, as hearty laughter erupted from crews behind the camera. “What is going on?! Never seen that before. Never! Wow. First time Vaca cam has some action aside from some fog out in Solano County. Frightening stuff!”
Epstein tweeted a video clip of the encounter later that morning and was able to poke fun at himself.
“I guess this hungry bird thought I looked like a snack,” he tweeted.
