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A shape-shifting flock of thousands of starlings, called a murmuration, is amazing to see. As many as 750,000 birds join together in flight. The birds spread out and come together. The flock splits ...

It's that time of year when you might glance up on your evening commute to see a swirling mass of starlings soaring through the air. Starling murmurations are a natural phenomenon still only partially ...

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (KGO) -- If you have driven through Marin County in the past three weeks, you may have seen a spectacular sight in the sky -- thousands of starlings involved in murmurations. The ...

In late May 2025, a video (archived) circulated online purportedly showing a starling murmuration — a spectacle where starlings gather in the thousands at dusk and collectively fly in shape-shifting ...

Noisy. Drab. Pest. These are common reactions when I mention the starling. That is totally understandable. They are indeed loud, nonnative, and commonplace. But they have one amazing super power.

Movie theaters are closed and concerts are on hold, but the coronavirus pandemic hasn’t stopped nature from putting on a show in northern San Rafael. Each night at dusk, thousands of birds have been ...

Sophie Windsor Clive and Liberty Smith happened upon a flock of starlings, called a murmuration, while canoeing at dusk, and captured "one of nature's greatest and most fleeting phenomena" on video.

The above image is genuine, and its photographer, Biber, confirmed its authenticity in an email to Snopes. Brine published the photograph in a series on the World Photography Organisation's (WPO) ...

(The Conversation) – Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. A shape-shifting flock of ...