A Murmuration of Starlings..

[Fumesucker]

http://vimeo.com/31158841

[shraby]

1. I saw that..it's fantastic.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

2. so cool to be in the middle of it

you usually see these from a distance...nice!

sP

[Booster]

3. Wow. That would make me jump in the water & baptize myself.

[ljm2002]

4. That was amazing!! K&R n/t

[NYC_SKP]

5. Other Plural terms for different species of birds, ie: "A Murder of Crows" and, my favorite:

~~~~~~

"An Unkindness of Ravens"

:P

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_collective_nouns_for_birds

:patriot:

[Demoiselle]

6. Don't forget a Wake of Vultures!

(I only learned that a few days ago on DU.)
This is an astonishing sight.

[hifiguy]

9. I kind of like "an exaltation of larks"

and "a parliament of owls." Pretty cool, IMO.

[redqueen]

7. Saw that last week...

I've been watching videos of this on youtube for years, and that was the first time I learned the name for it. It's one of my favorite things to see. :)

[ohheckyeah]

8. I didn't know

what murmuration meant and almost didn't click on the link. I'm glad I did....what a neat video and I learned a new word! THANKS

[FirstLight]

10. beautiful

if only humans could move together with such grace and peace...
:hug:

[Kaleko]

15. The Occupy movement is showing us

that it can be done. I can see the outlines of human murmurations in the swarms that assemble around the world, all of them powered by the same intent and fueled by the same ancient heart.

[FirstLight]

16. ...

:thumbsup: :hug: :cry:

[tridim]

11. Living fluid dynamics!

[Raksha]

12. K & R - Just watched it for the second time...

and sent the link to my daughter and one of my oldest friends. Now it's going on my Facebook page.

[Brother Buzz]

13. I experienced one at Point Reyes years ago around dusk

My buddy and I stopped and just watched it, slack-jawed, for minutes. It was a river, sometimes reducing to a small stream, other times as wide as the Mississippi. Farmer drove up and apologized for carrying a shotgun. He explained it was filled with blanks and he didn't want them to land in his newly seeded field. He told us they travel down to the estuary to roost for the night, but could pick his field clean in a flash if they put their collective minds to it.

Murmuration, great word.

[closeupready]

14. Kicked for later.

:)

[Bosonic]

17. Where is this located?

Weirdly, I'm more fascinated by the beautifully foggy locale than the avian emergent behavior shenanigans.

<later>

OK, it's somewhere on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Shannon">River Shannon. (from http://www.islandsandrivers.co.uk/)

[Fumesucker]

18. You know as much as I do..

:shrug:

It is an interesting locale but fog is not that uncommon.

[snot]

19. Amazing!