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AllaN01Bear

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3. cool mumeratiobn

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sat Apr 26, 2025, 10:46 PM

Apr 2025

on edit: At sunset, huge groups of starlings take to the sky, swooping and swirling into spheres, planes and waves. The phenomenon is called a murmuration, and it's named after the noise that is made by the many flapping wings of a group of starlings in flight.

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starlings flying in the shape of a bird [View all] tblue37 Apr 2025 OP

That is a fractal. Nature is amazing. applegrove Apr 2025 #1

On edit: Awesome! Easterncedar Apr 2025 #2

Overused, true, but occasionally someone or something actually is. 3catwoman3 Apr 2025 #4

Indeed! I immediately wrote Awesome! and saw I was echoing, so edited myself Easterncedar Apr 2025 #6

cool mumeratiobn AllaN01Bear Apr 2025 #3

The way they fly in a group is amazing but.... LogDog75 Apr 2025 #5