Murmuration, a cloud of starlings video

[taabru45]

This would be awesome and a little bit scary for me.....
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/0 ... _ref=false

 

[Ravon]

Cool. I've seen starling 'murmurate' around here but on a smaller scale. Thanks for the new word

 

[killdeer43]

Hey Steffan, it's good to see you getting interested in birds! :lol:

*I have to take exception to the article's description of starlings as "tiny birds," because they're not. They're pretty gregarious and mostly obnoxious, and since they're not native to North America, no one likes 'em. 8)

Just sayin'
Joe

 

[taabru45]

Hey Steffan, it's good to see you getting interested in birds! :lol:

*I have to take exception to the article's description of starlings as "tiny birds," because they're not. They're pretty gregarious and mostly obnoxious, and since they're not native to North America, no one likes 'em. 8)

Just sayin'
Joe

Are they related to crows Joe?...similar attitudes it seems....Steffan

 

[killdeer43]

Are they related to crows Joe?...similar attitudes it seems....Steffan

No, but they are related to Mynas.
For the longest time, there were Crested Mynas nesting/roosting under the Granville bridge in Vancouver, but they seem to have disappeared.

Joe

 

[dreadnut]

Gregarious? Sounds like the LTG crowd...just sayin...