Murmuration of Starlings (1 Viewer)

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TFM70

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• Jul 7, 2019

• #1

https://www.youtube.com/embed/88UVJpQGi88

This is pretty fantastic. I have seen something similar on a much, much, much smaller scale in South Alabama, near Mobile.

 

Groovy Grackle

Active member

• Jul 8, 2019

• #2

Wow thanks for sharing...that was incredible! Was very strange how they flow together like one organism! How they don't crash into each other is something amazing....even that big bird of prey didn't want anything to do with that! lol

I have always thought European Starlings were beautiful birds despite some people's negativity about them as an invasive species ...I am happy we are also able to see them over here in the states.

 

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fugl

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• Jul 8, 2019

• #3

TFM70 said:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/88UVJpQGi88

This is pretty fantastic. I have seen something similar on a much, much, much smaller scale in South Alabama, near Mobile.

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Yes, those huge pre-roosting starling flocks are really impressive. Thanks for the link. That said, twee terms like “murmurations” only detract from the impressiveness of these displays.

 

Nutcracker

Stop Brexit!

• Jul 8, 2019

• #4

A small flock by the standards of the past - apparently roosts used to hold up to 5 million before intensive agriculture destroyed their food source. Imagine this video, x 20.

 

Groovy Grackle

Active member

• Jul 10, 2019

• #5

Nutcracker said:

A small flock by the standards of the past - apparently roosts used to hold up to 5 million before intensive agriculture destroyed their food source. Imagine this video, x 20.

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Would have loved to have seen that Nutcracker!

I've noticed when watching a flock of birds like this..it can put you in a "zen state" of mind. I believe watching Starling murmuration could possibly be used as a therapy for curing depression and anxiety. Lol

 

Nutcracker

Stop Brexit!

• Jul 10, 2019

• #6

Just as long as you didn't get too close . . . apparently those 5 million strong flocks could leave a guano deposit behind, up to 30 cm deep :eek!: :eek!: :eek!: :-O

 

Groovy Grackle

Active member

• Jul 10, 2019

• #7

Nutcracker said:

Just as long as you didn't get too close . . . apparently those 5 million strong flocks could leave a guano deposit behind, up to 30 cm deep :eek!: :eek!: :eek!: :-O

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That is true ! :-O

Also I didn't think about people with "bird phobia" ...might not be such a good therapy for them! LOL!!

 

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davercox

Dave Cox

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• Jul 11, 2019

• #8

I remember, back around 1961, trying to count the nightly roost that then occupied the Leicester Square area of London, and coming up with two million. A wonderful sight (and sound). Sadly long gone.