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Can you see what it is yet? How a flock of starlings can look just like a bird...
DailyMail [UK] ^
| 02nd February 2010
| Daily Mail Reporter
Posted on 02/02/2010 5:01:34 AM PST by Daffynition
Flocks of starlings are renowned for forming a variety of shapes in the sky.
But on this occasion they must have been overcome by vanity – and created a giant starling for us ground-dwellers to admire.
The countless creatures created the awesome display by using the winter breeze as the low-setting sun caused the sky to glow red.
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(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: birds; starlings
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To: Joe 6-pack
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posted on
02/02/2010 7:32:25 AM PST
by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: al_c
Looks more like a T-Rex to me
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posted on
02/02/2010 7:34:00 AM PST
by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
To: Daffynition
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02/02/2010 7:37:20 AM PST
by
Fresh Wind
("...a whip of political correctness strangles their voice"-Vaclav Klaus on GW skeptics)
To: Daffynition
Starlings are a great bird, in Europe, where they belong!
They are the only bird on my BB gun hit list.
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posted on
02/02/2010 8:28:11 AM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
I use a slingshot ... but a BB gun is more accurate.
“S” marks the spot: Aerial view of 2000 Lesser Flamingos at Kamfers Dam
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02/02/2010 2:11:55 PM PST
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Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: equalitybeforethelaw
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posted on
02/02/2010 2:28:12 PM PST
by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: murron
I did get the images from birding/nature sites ... but it would be very easy to 'shop these images.
Birds do "swarm" like this though, it's an amazing sight to see. Check out the video above.
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02/02/2010 2:31:40 PM PST
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Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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