Clarification re: Ron and the canaries attacking

A few people have commented on my review of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, saying that Hermione’s conjured canaries did in fact attack Ron, and then slam into the wall behind him to become poofs of feathers. Yes, I know. What I missed was them really ATTACKING him, and not just flying at him.

“Harry spun around to see Hermione pointing her wand at Ron, her expression wild: The little flock of birds was speeding like a hail of fat golden bullets toward Ron, who yelped and covered his face with his hands, but the birds attacked, pecking and clawing at every bit of flesh they could reach.”

See? That’s what I meant by attacking. There was no pecking and clawing of the flesh in the movie, was there? If there was, I missed it. Twice.

So there you go, hopefully we’re all on the same page now.