murmuration is a flock of starlings – they create beautiful formations as they fly as a group before settling down for the evening. According to Andrew King and David Sumpter, “murmurations exhibit strong spatial coherence and show extremely synchronized manoeuvres, which seem to occur spontaneously, or in response to an approaching threat, like hawks or peregrine falcons.”
Lee26 Premium Member over 1 year ago
murmuration is a flock of starlings – they create beautiful formations as they fly as a group before settling down for the evening. According to Andrew King and David Sumpter, “murmurations exhibit strong spatial coherence and show extremely synchronized manoeuvres, which seem to occur spontaneously, or in response to an approaching threat, like hawks or peregrine falcons.”
goboboyd over 1 year ago
Why do they do it? Because it is great fun. And the after parties… They are also members of their local Avian Fire Drill Squad.
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member over 1 year ago
I wonder if a bag of feathers let loose up in the sky would follow the air currents in the same manner.
gopher gofer over 1 year ago
my first reaction when i see starlings doing this is, what the flock…?