Why Do Starlings Flock in Murmurations?

[@liliaaaaaaaa]

Starlings are so intelligent as creatures. I was travelling across the UK last weekend and as part of my trip stopped off at a market where I found a small flock of some starlings flying, singing and chattering around looking for scraps so I fed them some bits of cheese and sausage roll I had to share food with them. They were so cute and so intelligent they had really good eyes, they would watch me throwing scraps and jump to catch the bits in mid air. They all stood at respectful distances from each other, spaced out at a certain distance waiting while I threw bits at them individually so they all got an equal share. They are very intelligent and egalitarian and respectful of the group dynamic. I did some research about them recently they are from the same family as Myna birds and related to the Corvid (crow) family and can be trained as pets to talk and whistle and sing. I also read in winter the flocks from all over Europe and Russia migrate to the UK in their millions crossing the North Sea and English Channel which explains why they sometimes have murmurations of millions in various locations across UK coastal areas in winter, since their entire species across continental areas will be migrating congregating and flocking to have a giant mid winter party. It must be amazing to witness. I've seen small flocking flights but not these large ones. Various birds do this when they're happy and to congregate and harmonise as a species, whether for safety or happiness or warmth in the winter I believe they maintain their respectful alignment and safe distance while flying in coordination as part of their electromagnetic sensibilities they share and maintain as a species as a collective starling spirit. Modern human science hasn't quite worked this one out yet, computers only represent the limitations of human thinking programmed into them. The truth is out there though waiting to be experienced, witnessed, empathised with and understood.

[@ilazadrozny8711]

thanks for sharing your investigations and observations. I have heard from a biologist that the migrating birds have a 'magnetic monopole' (a magnet which only atracts) which guides them or moves them in their migrations. As I have studied the Human Design System I learned that we also have a magnetic monopole in our sternumm but the Scientists have not yet discovered it; it also moves us in our geometry, our path in Life. If we listen/ feel, make decisiones with our body and not with our mind , life flows with less resistances...

[@patriciarussell1177]

Hey there,my neighbor brought a Starling that her two cats got hold of and it was on a Sunday, I immediately picked it up out of the box ,you could not see any signs of anything wrong with it other than its heart was beating so fast,I put it under my shirt with my hand over it right over my heart,I got it warmed up and calm while I struggled using my other hand to get a heating pad in a cage ready. I put it in the cage and after a short while tried to give it water, it was making the sound that they all make in their flock and it tried to turn over on its left side and I continue to not let it,I remember if Birds hits glass and turnover on its back they will die, I felt like I handled it a little much but I don’t feel like I had any other options,Then I held it in my hands and it gripped my fingers something fierce,And then I tried to see if it could fly with my hands supporting it,It seem to really make a connection with me and my two canaries standard Poodle. I took it back out and I worked with it in my hands and I talked with that a lot it almost was like my child,I could tell it’s still had issues breathing and swallowing that there was nothing I actually could do... A place called “wild care “isn’t open on Sundays but I had learned everything that I had done from them,I talked to the Starling a lot, it seem to respond to my voice and I kept on saying you can make it ,you can be out in that giant oak tree in the morning, I gave it another rest and my Poodle stayed close and alerted me when it was close to the end.I actually believe this Starling might have been poisoned, and then attacked by the cats, it also had a musk smell about it? But I will say it was a magnificent creature and I was so fortunate to be up close and personal to it. I actually believe this bird must held a great position in its flock...It was so strange Because I was petting him/ her while It passed and I said meet me on the other side when it’s my turn, and I also told it that I would get it a beautiful tree and plant it and bury you beneath it and I have.... I played Emerson Lake and Palmer lucky man while I buried this amazing Starling!!!

[@radhikachougule4421]

so well articulated. Thank you for sharing

[@3lmira]

Very well said. I really enjoyed read this and learnt some interesting facts about these majestic birds. Thank you for sharing. Where can I read more ☺️

[@Aco747lyte]

Starlings have amazing wide apatial vision, and the reason they never collide is because they fly 3 bird widths apart. Fabulous video, many thanks!

[@michel.b5752]

@Aco747lyte Actually, they do collide, and there are often tens or hundreds deadly collisions. www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-50741457 kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2LZgaSqe9p3bMk

[@joeyvindictive3552]

@@michel.b5752 that video link is a completely different subject. It even says the dead birds were robins and sparrows

[@michel.b5752]

​@@joeyvindictive3552 In the first video the comment writes "About 255 starlings" In the second video, the woman says robins or sparrows, but any birdwatcher would recognize starlings at first glance. Robins have a red breast, and sparrows have long wings and long tails.

[@judylloyd7901]

@@michel.b5752 There's no reason to assume that they fell because they collided. In fact, after watching their fantastic aerial agility, I'd say that collisions of such a high number are pretty unlikely. Some people have speculated that the birds may have been caught in strong down drafts and hit the ground with force. Even if they did happen to collide, they would probably have the ability to self-correct pretty quickly. If they can react to the birds around them 10-20 times faster than a human pilot can react I find it impossible to believe that these birds hit the ground because they collided.

[@michel.b5752]

@@judylloyd7901 How comes that all reports of "massive death of bird" show starlings (except a few case due to poisoning) ? Put some perturbations (like a bird of prey, or a passing by car) and for many of the starling, there is no more path in front of them. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sISrmIqJatiHeK8, t=1:57

[@erictaylor5462]

Starlings were invasive in the area I grew up and they were *EVERYWHERE* and the flocks were huge. So growing up I didn't think they were uncommon at all.

[@liliaaaaaaaa]

They migrate and congregate in the winter and have done for their lives as a species, whose not to say you invaded their homeland area?

[@dinodiego5615]

100 starlings were released in Central Park nyc in 1890 and from that 100 birds we now have 200,000,000 starlings in the US. They were brought here by Shakespeare enthusiasts who wanted to introduce all the birds mentioned in Shakespeare’s works to the US. I can’t make this stuff up lol. “Acclimation societies” were popular amongst Victorian aristocrats back then. Yikes. Well, the starlings aren’t going anywhere so we might as well enjoy them.

[@kenttheboomer721]

@@liliaaaaaaaa They're right. Starlings are native to Europe. They are a nuisance here in the US

[@FaustinaFinnerty]

@@dinodiego5615 Reminds me of the American grey squirrel being introduced to Ireland. The Duke of Buckingham gave a dozen grey squirrels as a wedding present, the wicker basket they were contained in was ceremoniously opened on the lawn of Castle Forbes in County Longford to delighted applause... This act has done significant harm to the ecosystem, the grey squirrel has thrived while the population of our native red squirrel has declined to dangerously low levels, not to mention the harm grey squirrels can do to broadleaf trees...

[@user-uj6te3ir4v]

I swear to God i saw millions of them in the sky right now,and i cant,its so beautiful

[@DigitallPimp]

I bet watching a Starling Murmuration on psychedelics would be pretty insane though

[@gabe-po9yi]

DigitalPimp Just watching one could make you feel like you are, lol.

[@spiritofenquiry]

Having witnessed this in 1976 under the influence of 750μg of high purity bicentennial LSD in Brighton on England's south coast I can tell you it truly is. Add after image trails and you have an awesome tapestry...

[@DigitallPimp]

@@spiritofenquiry 750μg?! That's insane! Most I've ever done is 250μg and that was probably crazy enough for me haha

[@skeletontoes477]

I watched a bunch of vultures on mescaline once. They were eating a feral cat.

[@patriciarussell1177]

It would be a good trip

[@lyn403]

I've seen three, captivating mumurations in my lifetime. I have two on camera, but it lost something in the breathtaking, first-hand, mesmerizing account.

[@jameswhee]

I remember seeing one of these when I was just out delivering newspapers in my hometown. I just stared into the sky in awe.

[@TonyEnglandUK]

_" ok let's fly back to base"_ "Aww, can't we take the piss out of those humans for ten minutes first?" _"Yeah ok."_

[@sandramorey2529]

Starlings are not native to the US. They are European starlings. They lay their eggs in the nest of song birds pushing the birds' babies out. I have seen murmurations on trips through the Central valley of California coming home from Yosemite. They are amazing and beautiful. In late December I have seen them in the Calistoga area of CA. I'm glad for the science. Thanks. They remind me of bait balls in the ocean, when fishes do the same thing for the same reasons.

[@Bangandthedirtisgone]

didn't really explain it but thankful for the footage. So beautiful to watch and to experience it in real life is another level.

[@michel.b5752]

@Stuart P At dawn, the starlings want to land to go sleeping, but they try to avoid being a prey for predators, so they should not land first, nor be the last one in flight. Also it is safer to be in the middle of the flock, not at the periphery. (same origin for the fishes swimming in school). This is the origin of these swarm-like flock of birds. However, frequently there are mid-air collisions, resulting in tens or hundreds of dead starlings.

[@roytee3127]

In science "explain" means to describe observable phenomena in terms of simpler or more general ideas. That's what they're doing here -- spacing between a bird and its seven closest neighbors. If they were being more scientifically rigorous, they would have mentioned reaction times, bird acceleration capabilities (change of speed and direction), and random or intentional perturbations.

[@michel.b5752]

@@roytee3127 Please go on, do this observations and measurement. Then you will be allowed to criticisize

[@roytee3127]

@@michel.b5752 I did modeling and simulation for 35 years. Checking out the original paper, I see that they studied only one aspect of movement in a murmuration - sudden mass change in direction. They didn't include the wave-like behavior so evident in many of the videos here. Compression waves, torsion waves, shear waves, etc. There's more going on here. BTW - I read many years ago about physicists constructing a similar model for vehicle traffic. No, I have neither the resources nor the inclination to pursue this. But I'd love to see what a team of biologists and mathematicians could do with a more sophisticated model.

[@michel.b5752]

@@roytee3127 Probably the same behavior for fish school

[@SuroyHK]

Its quite amazing to witness this scenario. And all I could do was stared in awe and got a video. ❤️

[@iam1408]

Scenario?

[@karenfornwalt9929]

I witnessed one in the 1990's on the beach at Ocracoke Island. We'd gone down to check on our cabin after a hurricane had come through. Standing on the beach looking North all of a sudden this massive cloud of birds appeared and began their dance! I challenge anyone not to be in awe of such a beautiful occurrence ! I'll never forget that feeling of joy !

[@jannetteberends8730]

Just saw the first flight of the year. I live in an apartment building on the 8ths floor. In the summer thy use the building roof as start. They dive and then pick up. It’s so funny to see the birds rushing down a meter from your window. The cats are also big fans. And I’m of the opinion that they do it for fun. There is some migration involved because the group fluctuate, in the autumn the groups become big and the trees in the neighborhood are full with starlings in the evening. But it happens almost the whole year, I see it every week a couple of times.

[@gransasso2912]

In awarding the Roman-born Giorgio Parisi the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Swedish Royal Academy cited his work to find and measure "hidden patterns" in complex systems. (Just driving in Rome's chaotic traffic would make one want to unravel entropy.) How did he do it? Parisi set up a field lab, aided by cameras, 3D modeling and computer-vision software, on the roof of a museum, Rome's Palazzo Massimo, to track starlings looping overhead. The rest is history.

[@elizabethklein7073]

Did he happen to measure the volume of bird shit and whether it made a similar pattern? 😂

[@DenisUspeshny]

No, I have not tried synchronized swimming...

[@Michellemutts7848]

I seen this earlier whilst walking my dogs, I thought it was truly beautiful and just another example of nature being more intelligent than humans

[@SMARTART-ys2wd]

You called it nature but I call it god's miracle.

[@pilotmike7569]

When they gather in huge flocks in fall in my park, I can't watch tv properly - such murmurations jam the tv signal;) But this is so much better than watching tv!😁

[@fabricobjects-llc3581]

I think the starlings can "see" and "hear" something in the atmosphere that we cannot, and are following it.

[@pilotmike7569]

@@fabricobjects-llc3581Yeah, who knows?☺

[@szaki]

Don't bother my Cable TiVi for sure!

[@michel.b5752]

@Fabric Objects - LLC Yes, they see the neighbour ones, only a few, and this is enough to make a full pattern. Like the cells of your skin "see "the neighbouring cells and a whole continuous skin is the result. Local interactions may result in a global pattern.

[@jewelspearls3752]

Starlings are beautiful to watch in migration. and are dependent to an External physical force to fly in beautiful synchronisation 1* That force and Flight patterns may be caused by the WIND 1* The birds are super light they easily drift in the high winds infact heplessly 2*The birds tend to migrate in large groups as they seem to be interdependent 3* So when it is time to migrate they all seem collectively fly togather not clueless of Wind speeds 4* Being light they get drifted higher and higher and drop when the wind speed slows down , 4* Its no engineering task but totally helpless drifting in the wind force like a feather 5*They go with the wind and arrive where the wind stops 6*As the starlings fly it seems as if their wings fan them into a cordinated movement , being close to each other 7*The sound of wind and flapping of tiny wings and chirpping, cause the divine music that is so beautiful or the starling mumur 8*To experiment this we need to make many light pieces of paper to fly in front of a artificial wind drift that travels in a broad straight line and another wind drift in the opposite direction to resemble the helpless flight of the light pieces of paper and how it creates the patterns and designs in the drift 9* This is only to mimic the wind from the oceans moving up and the wind from moving clouds that dont allow the birds to land 10* The birds are tiny and light they cannot physically fly thousands of miles without drifting in the WIND. 11* They will die of exhaustion if it is their own effort its a natural musical wonder 12 *Other questions arise, do they feed, drink water jhow do they survive fasting during the long flights 13, Starlings are known to fly to. India from Europe

[@natureaestheticmoments2887]

Amazing birds. Planting more trees for birds will free them from the ill fate of roosting on buildings as the birds are more comfortable in their natural habitats. Thankyou for this beautiful video.

[@Dobby5ful]

I found this video to be so interesting! Helped me understand something I had not before.

[@jennyrossman4614]

Greetings Aimee, you’re looking as beautiful as the sunlight, how are you doing my dear friend?

[@gnstuff1999]

One birds movements affects 7 others and so on and it’s all a physical thing - BOLLOCKS

[@olanariogbari2916]

This honestly sounds like one big guess work

[@franzkafka677]

Exactly. We just don't want to admit sometimes that 'we do not know"

[@InwardGaze]

🎯 I thought I was the only one. It was better if I didn't hear all this "science". This is still speculation because we're not starlings

[@summan41man]

It was the equivalent of saying humans drive vehicles on motorways for no other reason than the compulsion of physics, interacting with the first cars immediately in our peripheral vision. Speculative and ignorant at the same time.

[@arneolsen4054]

Starlings are not ”crazy creatures” they are amazing and smart birds.

[@musicfanBRA]

Beautiful and Interesting, and also why the word "murmuration", which means whispering or grumbling? "Probably derived from the sound of the very large groups that starlings form at dusk. " wikidictionary .

[@sodem2810]

Saw my first one today and it was breathtaking to watch.

[@DenisUspeshny]

The reason they do it is because they can. Try feeding starlings next to pigeons and sparrows... starlings are a league above in terms of their agility and “aggressiveness”... they don’t wait for the food to fall on the ground, they jump towards it and catch it in the air

[@jannetteberends8730]

I agree with you. It’s just fun. They do it here in my neighborhood from January to August.

[@sharksport01]

They kill woodpeckers and flickers too, and many other kinds of native birds.

[@Susan-rd5cv]

Thank you very much for the clear and concise explanation. This was exactly what I was looking for. You rock. 😊

[@judythompson5253]

we have a yearly murmuration at the inside edge of our woods; if you watch, you can see the farthest back starlings flying over the entire group, to become the lead starlings, over and over like a slinky--and I think what they're doing is feeding, in rotation. They fly over, land, and grab a bite, , over and over again. No one goes hungry, and no one overfeeds or dominates. It's noisy, and chaotic to watch, but it's also extremely satisfying. Starlings are very smart little birds. =)

[@michaeldjohnson86]

Is that burnt out pier in Brighton UK?

[@Bangandthedirtisgone]

Sure is. There are two piers in Brighton and they murmurate around both the burnt out West Pier (shown) and the amusement arcade and candy shop store lined Palace Pier.

[@Seba-yj5sc]

02:19 a bird dont fly in 2D room. I think there are many more Birds around him (above and below)!?

[@kennethedwards3095]

What's with the keep your phone in your pocket advise? Rare sights are often recorded if the means to do so is in hand. How else was this video made? Besides we get to relive the moment everytime we show a friend what we were keen enough to capture of a moment in time.

[@jonathanmendoza7364]

Videos are only getting better! 😁

[@bluestardragon7598]

I remember one time, when I was on my way home from my grandpa's house, I actually saw a few starlings just chillin' around a gas station

[@kevinlong8446]

All is one. We humans must learn to be like this. Because Nature warrants it. Love our neighbor as ourself. Awesome video!!!!

[@thumbprint7150]

Thank you for uploading. Have there been actual sightings of starlings 'bumping' into one another during these murmurations? Somehow such a clumsy tactic does not chime with the complex behaviour of these birds.

[@judylloyd7901]

Apparently no one has ever witnessed any collisions.

[@grah55]

"Keep your phone in your pocket and just enjoy it. Paid for by the International Boomers Against Phones Agency"

[@mrh8509]

@Rosemarie Plant Ok Boomer

[@thumbprint7150]

grah55 - Keep your nastiness in YOUR pocket, mate. OK, Ageist.

[@thumbprint7150]

@@mrh8509 - SO last year dear!

[@mrh8509]

@@thumbprint7150 Ok Boomer

[@mrh8509]

@Voltaic Fire Sure thing, oaf.

[@Hallands.]

I don't believe the murmurating starlings "bump into one another". And the phenomenon has to do with seasonal migration, not food-finding. The video doesn't "explain" anything, really...

[@roucoupse]

Totally agree with you. I don't believe in that either. They give a human explanation to a bird phenomenon...

[@Muckylittleme]

Totally agree, I typed a comment I'll post below before I read yours. This is very typical of modern science hand waving something and calling it scientific fact. Wow what utter bullshit. I love science but modern science just speaks through its ass and then tips its hat. Let's apply some critical thinking to this "scientific fact" that murmurations are wholly explained by critical transition and this is "physics" at work. We are told that the flock changes course and therefore shape because one random bird changes direction because of something like a predator but we know this is total bunk because the birds will just as rapidly change course back the way they came (maybe they are surrounded even though we can see no predators!) but that isn't the main issue with this so called scientific explanation. The main issue is that we are supposed to believe that one bird changing direction causes a hundred thousand other birds to do the same because that one bird causes the disruption but in any physical model one force repelling a force 100 thousand times or even just 5 times more powerful will never happen. So the question is why would one bird change the course of X amount of other birds and not the much more logical X amount of birds would change the direction of just one bird. Where is the "tip[ping point" of one bird changing direction against 100 thousand other birds? It is utter nonsense. Not only that the flocks constantly change direction shape without explanation and I'm sorry just hand waving it and saying one bird got spooked by a predator and caused the other 100 thousand to go the same direction "due to "physics" is just horse shit. Clearly there is something else involved and given this is migratory behaviour which itself is tied into electromagnatism the answer is likely far more complex and different than this lowbrow "science has all the answers" bullshit.

[@ambarnag]

I think the video is trying to emphasise, without getting into too much technical detail, that group behaviour can be modelled as an aggregation of "local rules". If you can create an accurate computer simulation by modelling just one starling and then creating lots of copies of that, you have illustrated the principle. In the past, these behaviours would have been explained in terms of a "group mind" or some such nonsensical notion.

[@Muckylittleme]

@@ambarnag The key is "accurate simulation". This seems more like emulation than simulation. Just because you can reproduce the patterns with an algorithm does not mean you are simulating what is happening. How is it possible to say they have accurately simulated a starlings senses and behaviour? If we can capture a flock in a moment of flight and there positions and velocity accurately recorded and then that data fed into this algorithm, a pound to a pinch of pig shit says it does not accurately predict the patterns the birds subsequently made.

[@ambarnag]

@@Muckylittleme Actually that may never be possible. Systems that show emergent properties are by definition, unpredictable because of hypersensitivity to small perturbations. Just because you can't predict the precise shape of a snowflake doesn't mean you don't know how they form. I can recommend the book Chaos by James Gleick for an intro.

[@codewithpatrick2889]

"Natural majesties like this don't come around every day", but they do! This last week everyday I've seen murmurations of hundreds of birds if not a thousand flock to this one tall try in my backyard and the surrounding area.

[@vikkigillespie4825]

I think these 🐦 are fascinating

[@nicoleyazzie7522]

Just saw one on my way to work this morning 😊 It was so amazing to see! Too bad I didn’t have time to pull over and watch but they were flying above me for a bit so I got a great front row seat 😍

[@jerseygirl3428]

Um..narrator dude...this has *nothing* to do with *physics* except in the sense that the basis of all biology is physics. They aren't physically forcing one another to turn like the pile of falling jenga blocks! They are communicating their intention to turn -- even though this guy says that "it has nothing to do with communication." Maybe he thinks the only kind of communication is verbal? How do dance partners communicate? Do they shout out their next moves like a pool player? They are communicating nonverbally. Many, many group movements of animals are determined this way, such as the movement of a herd of grazing animals or a pack of predatory animals or a school of fish. This is just being done at high speed in the air, which is what makes it so beautiful and amazing. But yeah...it has everything to do with communication.

[@roytee3127]

Would you accept math? And minimum personal space? Note the waves of high density that propagate through a group. Check out cellular automata, and e.g. the Game of Life.

[@ImBlackSnowTNA]

I just seen this in my city for the first time never seen something so beautiful

[@GauravSharma-dy8xv]

In an Indian movie named *Robot 2.0* , they used CGI to recreate these murmurs but instead of birds, it was made of all the cell phones of an entire state. Because the villain is a 4th dimensional entity that can telepathically control objects.

[@karimali9719]

Smal Fish do that too ...

[@abo_ammarhodali2662]

Everything is a miracle in the nature. Don’t deny God’ miracles.

[@jesusjoseph1899]

Everything in nature is a miracle.Don't deny in Earth's miracles*

[@Jaggerbush]

"Keep your phone in your pocket and enjoy it" 👏👏👏👏 You're only ever going to see this once. Your crappy footage, in and out of focus, out of screen, too far away, poorly lit - recording isn't going to break the internet. Put your phone down and enjoy it. And in five years when you've changed iphones four times and quit Facebook for the third time - you're just gonna lose it anyways. And in 10 years your gonna think the quality is unwatchable. Best. Advice. Ever.

[@johnkerr1953]

What a trimendous display, l sure did enjoy that,. .... it's not every day that you see a display Like that , Thank you

[@samuelmiensinompe4902]

Ok, I am a scientist and your explanation on how they do it is absolutely wrong. They are not following the wind or any outside force. You can clearly see they are all moving in unison. And the waves they do also clears the fact that they are all doing it in true willful coordination. So please go back to the drawing board.

[@foryou-ft8vf]

The explanation they give is silly that if one moves the immediate seven around that one moves causing those around the seven to move... logically they still would be flying into one another... there is clearly something else going on.

[@saigonmonopoly1105]

This is a one connected symphony of a bird in connection with each other and performed a dance wave of the connected energy that is being in motion

[@tafarapaul]

Quelea birds do it as well, they change direction in a flash🎉🎉

[@amberj3816]

“for those of you who AREN’T physicists…!” *shows chemists*

[@beat_error]

The murmuration was about to happen in an area I passed by but there weren't enough birds to form a giant one It's a small one

[@baruchben-david4196]

I don't understand. You say the birds react to the 7 nearest birds. Shouldn't that be the closest 6 birds? One on each side, one above, one below, one ahead and one behind? Where does the seventh bird come in?

[@Vejur9000]

The only bad part of this, was “keep your phone in your pocket”.... When you witness something incredible , record it. What did you think the universe, is showing it to you for?

[@jackfrost2146]

Only record a small part of it, otherwise you miss out on "being there" because while filming it, you are only watching it on the screen rather than fully experiencing it in real life 3D.

[@alvaroakatico9188]

Jack Frost Best of both worlds, filming it and being there, experience it while you’re filming it.

[@jackfrost2146]

@@alvaroakatico9188 I guess I agree, considering that the experience can be "relived" on screen many times even tens of years later.

[@stephenjones1862]

Phone in the pocket... because you are not likely to see a murmuration just because there are some starlings around

[@karenfornwalt9929]

I saw mine in the 1990's before cell phones. But the memory of that occurrence is stored safely in my brain, thank you very much! ;)

[@heyoh2357]

Intro was smooth

[@petergwatts9037]

Watched ten of these murmuration videos this week as the murmurations are in full swing in Brighton at the moment. Not one person has mentioned that this species is on the critically endangered lists!!!! SAD THE MENTALITY OF BRITAIN!!!!!!

[@john2458]

Many fish species do this. Is it for the same reason and is it also called murmuration? Lastly why call it by that name? Doesn't murmur refer to a softly spoken word or sound?

[@stevieathome4942]

Interesting that the writer of the script didn't mention the physics principles of aerodynamics...

[@nidhishah9701]

I think it has something to do with frequency. If certain frequency is generated, the birds also mimic that frequency. That’s just my guess.

[@dimlighty]

'frequency' of what?

[@xyz929]

Allah Almighty has created and gave such mesmerizing skill to birds. Subhan Allah

[@tristanhaile]

The people in these comments are the kinds of people who I wanna be friends with.

[@user-zr9ku1hb7h]

I think this is a demonstration of strength with the aim of threatening birds of prey, in order to protect their flock in this area. If you look closely, you will see a predator and how collectively they are afraid against it. I wrote about this more than once. And let scientists not bother with this.

[@thumbprint7150]

'I wrote about this more than once. And let scientists not bother with this.' Do you see any contradiction in your two statements?

[@trycethomas939]

Just so long as nobody forgets that starlings are a super invasive species and we'd be way better off not having them in North America.

[@elizabethklein7073]

Yeah I think they are almost worse than sparrows. I just finished watching a video of them in Rome. The areas where they land are covered slick in bird poop. Workers in hasmat suits come in to clean up and scare them away. I know they will clean bushes of berries that cedar wax wings feed on. And they are considered agriculture pests, eating farmers' grains.

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

The first thing one should realize is that starling murmurations as in this video were filmed in Europe. North America has no where near the population of starlings that Europe does where they are native. So calling starlings a "super invasive species is an exaggeration. Many other species of insects and plants have a far greater impact on the environment in the west. Murder hornets, fire ants, Russian thistle aka tumble weed and many more.

[@trycethomas939]

@Michael Deierhoi Starlings are an invasive species due to their effect on native wildlife by carrying diseases and being aggresive towards nesting birds, major effect on agriculture, and they're super invasive because of how massive their population has grown in such a relatively short amount of time in north america. I wouldn't call it an exaggeration in the least. Murder hornets are a good example of yes, an invasive species, but one we're still managing to currently contain and keep control of. I also believe you'd be wrong in stating there's more starlings in europe, at the high end, there's estimated to be about 105 million starlings in europe and over 200 million in North America. Those numbers from Birdlife International, dated 2015.

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

@@trycethomas939 I looked at a couple of sites and it appears that you are correct. I am surprised that the starling is as high as 200 mil from my own observations of birds for the last ten years. I never guessed it would be that high. Thanks for see this more clearly.

[@pbsamanthamarie]

This video had me laughing in delight!

[@kentronchamelon8456]

Who is the leader in that group of birds? They only have one leader and who is that leader?

[@YocastaAReyes]

THE CREATION DECLARES THE GLORY OF GOD!!

[@rhondacady7120]

Just saw one of these,,so cool

[@caillou4110]

How to survive a fart apocalypse ? Like so he can see

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

There images of the starlings in murmuration is always fascinating to watch. But the narration in this video is dorky and inadequate. Like where for example of one likely to see a starling murmuration? We have starlings in North America, but not early enough to create a murmuration. Starling murmurations only occur in Europe and Asia where they number in the many millions. In North America the most likely murmuration is with male red-winged black birds which flock together in winter. Other bird species do occur in small murmurations here in the west, but to my knowledge no where near the number as Europe and Asia.

[@Tirryna]

We have a sunset murmuration going on right now. They roost in the trees around the housing complex and are loud until dark. I love these guys... But, I just found out people here in the USA kill these guys because they are invasive...But...I can't imagine a. Autumn Tennessee sunset without watching them dance in clouds before they roost...

[@thewanderingamerican5412]

That basically gave an important-sounding explanation to what anyone with half a brain already knew. Thanks for wasting my time.

[@tacocat6830]

Fishes: am i a joke to you

[@sweetiepie4328]

i recorded this happening in san rafael cali. i should upload it

[@goodless]

I got the initial impression that it resembles the movement of schools of small fish being stalked by predators. I wonder if there is any primitive mind connection there.

[@dinodiego5615]

Yes! It reminded me of fish too!

[@HelenaMikas]

The only bad part of this is you say Starlings are crazy creatures .Be real nothing is as crazy as humans who are just incapable of a fraction of what these birds can do .

[@mikefoor5162]

Sorry as a resident of Pa they are an invasive species and i have no respect for their aggressive behavior. They do make targets for my pellet gun however and I appreciate that.

[@lesliehilesgardener6959]

Beauty In flight togetherness we will be worthwhile never give up KEEP in touch 💪 🙏 ✨ I'm sleeping sometimes but I'm always backing all I can

[@bogdanbuda8118]

birds don't bump into each other

[@firstclass1445]

I love starlings!❤❤❤❤😀😀😀😀😀😀🤣☺☺☺☺☺☺

[@stevieathome4942]

While studying fluid dynamics, I recalled the principles of laminar flow. Momentum diffusion may be a factor. There are likely little, if any, collisions. Aco747lyte below comments about vision which could help if the birds were making conscious responses to proximity. A visible means to detect laminar flow is to envision the speed of the flock compared to the speed of a single bird. Collisions may create turbulence, not evident in this video.

[@CDGMR1]

What’s the definition of crazy? For what we see them do, they are far from being crazy. “So Adonai created the large sea-creatures and every living creature that moves and swarms in the water, according to their kinds. He also created every winged creature according to its kind. And Adonai saw that it was good.” ‭‭Genesis‬ ‭1:21‬ ‭CSB‬‬

[@baruchben-david4196]

It wasn't Hashem in that verse, it was Elokim.

[@behrozkhan237]

The Narrator is from What IF. Who else thinks same?

[@zim3on]

The explanation that didn’t! 😂🤣👏👏

[@saigonmonopoly1105]

Call this a Duality Flight Dance

[@orbitswift1872]

The birds fly on a type of frequency they can go on that’s why they make waves

[@judylloyd7901]

That doesn't explain their aerial display at dusk.

[@lesliehilesgardener6959]

A yellow pages at your fingertips

[@garykildea6117]

Hilarious how the 'scientist' at 01:28 is watching YT (Sorry ... examining visual ornithological data) surrounded by lab flasks and beakers of coloured liquids. I'd like to think it was an in-joke but the patronising tone of the whole piece, suggests otherwise. This mode of pedagogy takes itself quite seriously. (If not its audience.)

[@johnathanfoster8213]

The real question should be which explanation is worse: the one given in the video or all these god comments? Either way they are both pretty daft.

[@anahata2009]

Interesting speculation. I'm all for being in the moment, but telling viewers to "keep your phone in your pocket and just watch" is really unnecessarily sanctimonious-especially from people who . . . uh . . .made a *film* about the phenomenon . . . Just saying.

[@trilla4863]

ITS A FAMILY REUNION

[@sauroman1]

Rupert Sheldrake had idea that they are affected by morphic fields

[@massimookissed1023]

OK. Maybe we should all ignore Rupert Sheldrake from now on then.

[@sauroman1]

@@massimookissed1023 For what reason?

[@massimookissed1023]

@@sauroman1 , because his pseudoscientific woo is as useful as homeopathy.

[@HelenaMikas]

Not sure the starlings are crazy creatures ...more like we humans are .....*

[@moomoo3031]

I think birds do this b ecause its FUN!

[@PianoHypnoshroom]

no, for just one bird it would be painful.

[@judylloyd7901]

Perhaps. Perhaps they are scoping out the terrain before they land and settle for the night, making sure it's safe.

[@You-ub2fe]

Your voice sounds like what if

[@saigonmonopoly1105]

The individual bird loves and join together to get the power of connected energy feed it whipped them into a frenzy

[@hraeta2]

My windows 98 screen saver.

[@fabricobjects-llc3581]

That is the stupidest explanation of murmurations. It doesnt fit the flying patterns. I think the starlings can "see" and "hear" something in the atmosphere that we cannot, and are following it. Some of the flying patterns form actual sacred geometry.

[@barbaraball5002]

Geometry is the basis for many happenings in the natural world. Fractals, branching... That doesn't mean this explanation is "stupid".

[@SMARTART-ys2wd]

There is no science behind this. It is Allah (the God) who controls the movement and the shape. No way mind can imagine that can happen without the creator. It is the best proof of God existence.

[@angelo98idem]

Wtf are you saying that why Allah not Gesus? Maybe there is another creator or maybe not

[@SMARTART-ys2wd]

​@@angelo98idem ِAllah is the name of the God. Jesus is his messenger , Jesus is a human was worshipping God and living exactly like any other messenger such as Moses Noah Adam While Adam has no father nor mother, Eve has evolved from Adam body, Jesus is born from a Mother without a father. It was God's miracle to the children of Israel

[@SMARTART-ys2wd]

​@Blass then can you explain how spirit works. Can you explain how information transfer from mother to children in animals such as birds. Who teaches born birds to build nests similar to those built by mothers. Surely you do not have an answer. The answer is God who taught every creature how to act and live. However, In Islam, we are ordered by God to learn : God said in the Quran : Al-Alaq بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم READ IN THE name of your Lord who created, (1) Created man from an embryo; (2) Read, for your Lord is most beneficent, (3) Who taught by the pen, (4) Taught man what he did not know. (5) And yet, but yet man is rebellious, (6) For he thinks he is sufficient in himself.

[@SMARTART-ys2wd]

@Blass Thank you for your clause "I'm all for freedom of religion but...."

[@SMARTART-ys2wd]

@Blass yes Blass all of us are ignorant until we learn and enlighten ourselves with information. You blass are ignorant tell you know Islam from Muslims not from hatred media.

[@YasinHasan]

this is what fishes do in sea

[@tonybarfridge4369]

Didn't explain anything at all, but some nice footage

[@ventexwhize5846]

This is happening right now there flying in the air and there’s 100