Amazing: Starling Murmurations

Rush-2112 · #1 11-09-2011, 01:58 PM

This is pretty incredible footage. It shows a flock of starlings over a river in Ireland, flying in nearly perfect coordination.

Murmuration on Vimeo

Nature is a beautiful thing!

handofseven · #2 11-09-2011, 02:04 PM

Wow. That's amazing! I've seen that kind of thing before with a murder of crows, but not on such a large scale!

Passinwind · #3 11-09-2011, 07:29 PM

Great stuff!

Check out this one of chimney swifts turning in for the night in Portland OR. Seeing it in person is pretty overwhelming, actually.

fhm555 · #4 11-09-2011, 08:21 PM

Fish doing the same thing...

Fish bait ball in open water - Blue Planet - BBC - YouTube

**SoComSurfing** · #5 11-09-2011, 09:03 PM

I call BS. You expect me to believe there were THAT many birds overhead and not 1 drop of bird poop on the camera?

That was pretty damn cool, in all actuality. I was actually going to post a similar video to FHM's because this REALLY reminded me of schooling tuna. It's amazing what these animals do innately.

Ayce · #6 11-09-2011, 09:36 PM

Saw this earlier today, and wife asked of it was a waterspout. She was in the kitchen so not close enough to tell. Wasnt sure either until I maxed the vid. Then I noticed the wings. That's definately a LOT of little birds.