I heard a third of a herd of birds.

I heard a third of a herd of birds. 'Turd' would work as well as 'third'. If I remember correctly that is an example of onomatopoeia. Nonsensical but onomatopoeia. It is the result of my having forgotten to bring a radio for my morning walk. Realizing that a flock of birds wouldn't sound right led me to "I flock to a rock from my tick tock block." I could go on but what's the point?
Three airplanes passed over head and fourth that I only heard. I did pass a cat dozing off to the side but he gave me little heed. Head, herd heed so much alike yet so far apart. Is there a sociological point here? Assuredly as much (or little) as the number of airplanes I see or counting cats. So totally off topic I am attaching a photo of my extended shadow in the early morning light.
So when you come right down to it, what's the point? Does anything mean anything? Everything fits so well it must mean something, it keeps right rolling along. Except for homo sapiens everything works together so perfectly. Are we one of Nature's failing experiments like the dinosaurs? Or are we just one giant cosmic joke?
Extended shadows hinting at hidden dimensions prove that we're all on this flight together.

Dick