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Birders

dhill926

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17. and how weird that a novel I'm reading today...

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Thu Mar 4, 2021, 08:13 PM

Mar 2021

mentioned a murmuration of starlings. The hell are the odds of that...

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A breathtaking, otherworldly photograph by @INPHOjames on the front page of the @irishtimes. [View all] soothsayer Mar 2021 OP

Gives one pause...and wonder! Guilded Lilly Mar 2021 #1

Hitchcock would have been inspired by that soothsayer Mar 2021 #3

Indeed!!! Guilded Lilly Mar 2021 #5

now they're dweller Mar 2021 #2

Truly amazing! KT2000 Mar 2021 #4

Looks like the Loch Ness Bird monster. Nt BootinUp Mar 2021 #6

Someone recently posted.a youtube vid of birds in flight Demovictory9 Mar 2021 #7

Fabulous! Karadeniz Mar 2021 #8

There is no way to know but I bet this is hundreds of thousands of birds. Paper Roses Mar 2021 #9

Oh! Look what I found on Youtube! Same fellow, same flock! AndyS Mar 2021 #10

Even better! soothsayer Mar 2021 #11

Now I know what murmuration is. murielm99 Mar 2021 #12

Wow! Thank You! Duppers Mar 2021 #13

That's an award winner matt819 Mar 2021 #14

That is quite the sight and a still photo is probably the only way to capture it. yonder Mar 2021 #15

One frame of a video localroger Mar 2021 #16

and how weird that a novel I'm reading today... dhill926 Mar 2021 #17

My wife doesn't believe it's real Martin Eden Mar 2021 #18

Did she look at the video above? It's momentary soothsayer Mar 2021 #19

I'll check it out Martin Eden Mar 2021 #20

Way cool and I learned "a mumuration of starlings". trof Mar 2021 #21

wow. falcon vs. starling murmeration. AllaN01Bear Mar 2021 #22

Mesmerizing murmuration. Nt scipan Mar 2021 #23

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