Flakes of the life of a sensate man; random notes and pictures that endeavour to capture capricious thoughts, largely of unreasonable and mysterious origin, before they leave forever the wandering mind of a life pilgrim stumbling towards the point where parallel lines meet.
“Give me the sensate mind, that knows The vast extent of human woes!” M. Robinson Angelina II. 1796
Starlings?? Just last night here in Topsham as the freezing dusk fell, i saw swarms of them overhead converging on a giant oak tree which shimmered with their flutterings.....choosing a roosting place for the night? discussing the days'events?keeping warm? Its a fascinating thing to see and hear!
The mathematics of murmurating starlings - Telegraph23 Feb 2009 ... A 'murmuration' is a spectacular sight but, as Daniel Butler reports, it's all about survival for starlings. www.telegraph.co.uk/.../The-mathematics-of-murmurating-starlings.html -
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Starlings?? Just last night here in Topsham as the freezing dusk fell, i saw swarms of them overhead converging on a giant oak tree which shimmered with their flutterings.....choosing a roosting place for the night? discussing the days'events?keeping warm? Its a fascinating thing to see and hear!
The mathematics of murmurating starlings - Telegraph23 Feb 2009 ... A 'murmuration' is a spectacular sight but, as Daniel Butler reports, it's all about survival for starlings.
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../The-mathematics-of-murmurating-starlings.html -
theres a nice clip on this report!
Thank you for the link Robin but the Telegraph no longer has that page available!
But I did find the following link interesting. Expect no answers though!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9175000/9175793.stm
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