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Have you ever watched a starling murmuration?

That’s when thousands of #birds seem to dance in spectacular formation, whirling & swirling gracefully across the sky. https://youtu.be/V4f_1_r80RY #nature #science

Scientists, engineers, mathematicians, & citizen scientists have been exploring what’s happening inside murmurations: https://theconversation.com/why-do-flocks-of-birds-swoop-and-swirl-together-in-the-sky-a-biologist-explains-the-science-of-murmurations-176194 @TheConversationUS

in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

Yes I’ve seen them! Over big open fields and wood in Southern Indiana and Wisconsin. Thanks for sharing, this is a fascinating phenomenon.
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

Yes! We get some wonderful murmurations in winter on the #Somerset Levels. Fascinating to learn more about them.

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