[ExI] Stunning Photos of Starling Murmurations

[William Flynn Wallace]

Starlings are reminiscent of the behavior of schools of fish, though the
starlings seem more inventive.   bill

On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 12:06 PM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> <https://mymodernmet.com/starling-formations-soren-solkaer/>
>
> “I have mainly been fascinated by the visual appearance of the large
> flocks of starlings flying as one organism,” he tells My Modern Met.
> “Particularly the shapes that occur when birds of prey attack the
> flock. The resulting shapes and ‘images' often resemble birds and
> whales.”
>
> Equally fascinating to Solkær is the starlings' ability to work
> closely together in unison for the benefit of the flock. “I have
> noticed their incredible ability to navigate with great speed and
> agility in situations of great danger—without ever even touching each
> other despite being very close together. They are able to turn the
> flock all black, by turning their backs to the attacking birds in
> order to scare them off and make it harder for them to single out an
> individual bird.”
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> Amazing still photos!
>
> BillK
>
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