There is a lot we still don’t know about nature.
I was driving on a freeway and happened to look up at a very large formation of birds. I think they were Starlings.
They created a pin pointed kaleidoscope in the sky for a few moments.
This was just before Sundown, so they had a daily ritual to perform before heading someplace for the night.
Gorgeous, mysterious and entertaining.
Think of all the levels of communication that must be going on so they don’t run into each other. So that they create an agreed upon design.
A murmuration of starlings.
Etymology. 1350-1400; Medieval Latin murmuratio (“murmuring, grumbling”). The “starling” sense is probably derived from the sound of the very large groups that starlings form at dusk.
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“ They created a pin pointed kaleidoscope in the sky for a few moments.”
That is called a murmuration. It is an amazing sight. In England they have huge flocks of starlings that perform these impressively. Lots on YouTube.
That’s called a murmuration and they are beautiful.
It is an amazing, wondrous world we live in!
I thank God every day.