Like a smudge in the distant sky, A cloud of starlings fly, As the cloud comes into close sights, Watching it becomes a spellbinding delight.   The birds form a rising crescendo, One minute like a raging tornado, The next a colossal wisp of smoke, The next a haze that seems to choke.   The birds swirl about with incredible ...

It is now late autumn, with winter just round the corner. It is that time of the year when flocks of starlings create incredible aerobatic displays, swirling through the sky in magnificent ballets that almost seem choreographed. This dazzling display of avian behavior  is known as a murmuration, a word that perfectly describes the rustle of thousands of pairs of ...