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Discussion => Behaviour => Topic started by: Bluffs Birder on November 09, 2011, 03:16:16 AM

Title: The right place at the right time!
Post by: Bluffs Birder on November 09, 2011, 03:16:16 AM

2 young ladies in the UK happened to be at the right place at the right time to catch this phenomenon called of a murmuration of Starlings.

(video has been deleted from site) :(

Walter

Title: Re: The right place at the right time!
Post by: Irene on November 19, 2011, 11:32:23 PM

Holy moly! that's incredible, I think if I was in the canoe I would have had a heart attack, that's a lot of birds!

Title: Re: The right place at the right time!
Post by: Bird Brain on November 20, 2011, 08:43:12 PM

Cool.   8)  I saw this video on The Weather Network.

Title: Re: The right place at the right time!
Post by: Bluffs Birder on December 05, 2011, 11:28:52 PM

We too were at the right place at the right time on Sunday.  Along Niagara Stone Road heading towards Niagara-on-the-lake we watched as a huge murmuration of Starlings danced over the farm fields to our left.  What an amazing thing to watch!

Walter

Title: Re: The right place at the right time!
Post by: Bluffs Birder on December 07, 2011, 09:59:50 PM

Here's a video of the Starlings that are putting on a show for everyone downtown at Yonge & Dundas in Toronto.

http://vimeo.com/33124767

Walter

Title: Re: The right place at the right time!
Post by: Irene on December 07, 2011, 10:56:37 PM

That's incredible, its almost eerie, I love it!

Title: Re: The right place at the right time!
Post by: Bluffs Birder on December 06, 2012, 11:46:17 PM

While in downtown Toronto around Dundas Square this afternoon I looked up just in time to see a flock of roughly 100 Starlings doing their acrobatics in the sky.  Not sure if the group will grow in size again like it did last year, time will tell.  Check them out if you're downtown in that area, it's a nice break from the hectic rush of Christmas shopping.

Walter