[wisb] murmurations of starlings
- From: "R. Tod Highsmith" <todhighsmith@xxxxxx>
- To: Wisbirdn <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:20:34 -0600
This video, filmed by two young Irish women, shows amazingly beautiful flock
formations of European Starlings coming in to their nighttime roost on an
island in the River Shannon. The news says this video has "gone viral," which
I guess means people all over the world are looking at it:
http://vimeo.com/31158841
Some other very nice videos and/or photo collections of starling flocks:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9175000/9175793.stm
http://asecondsglance.com/2010/07/paolo-patrizi-european-starlings/#more-2967
It is interesting to reflect that, once upon a time, perhaps there were many
bird species abundant enough to provide such amazing displays. Today, I can
only think of starlings, various "blackbird" species around the world, and some
shorebird species that do so.
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Tod Highsmith
Madison, Dane County
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