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Sturnus roseus
Starling Murmuration *Starling flocks, it turns out, are best described with equations of “critical transitions” — systems that are poised to tip, to be almost instantly and completely transformed, like metals becoming magnetized or liquid turning to gas. Each starling in a flock is connected to every other. When a flock turns in unison, it’s a phase transition. At the individual level, the rules guiding this are relatively simple. When a neighbor moves, so do you. Depending on the flock’s size and speed and its members’ flight physiologies, the large-scale pattern changes. What’s complicated, or at least unknown, is how criticality is created and maintained. It’s easy for a starling to turn when its neighbor turns — but what physiological mechanisms allow it to happen almost simultaneously in two birds separated by hundreds of feet and hundreds of other birds? That remains to be discovered, and the implications extend beyond birds. Starlings may simply be the most visible and beautiful example of a biological criticality that also seems to operate in proteins and neurons, hinting at universal principles yet to be understood. *Ref - http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/1...
A huge group of Rosy Starling ,
Spotted on Feb 8, 2012
Submitted on Feb 21, 2012
32 Comments (1–25)
Thanks injica, will also add video to Bank Myna shortly,
Prefer Mynas, but love your video :) crazy birds!
@ injica here is the other Giant group as compare to Bank Myna ,,
Starling Murmuration
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Thanks PattyC, ya this activity called "murmuration" sharing a link which might helpful to understand such "murmuration" http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/1...
Hello Sachin. Great picture and video! A very big and lively flock indeed =). I wonder if it is called a "murmuration" (because of the other titles of the videos with similar things but I am not sure...wondering and about to check ;) )
Lovely.
Thanks a Lot VivBraznell
Amazing video Sachin. Love the background sound of traffic, perfect accompaniment to the starlings activity
Most welcome, there are really a nice places near around Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, which having a great species of birds..
millions. Awesome. Gandhinagar seems to be a great place to live.
I want to visit some rural places in Gujarat, Can you recommend some?
they are amazing that is for sure. I saw the video on the last spotting. I will watch this one now.
Hope I can !!
but really they are countless, amazing!! may be video tells their group strength ..
did you count them?
1500 !! !!
at least 150!!
Again seen such a lovely scene at same place, Nice to see them in a such a large group,
Thanks all,
@ Emma: I agree
So true Galanttiv, Nowadays all you here is this is extinct and that is extinct. So it feels good to hear once in a while about abundance!
... there can be too much of good things as well, Emma.
Outstanding..the maximum starlings I have seen at a time is 20 something:(
Lets hope that the earth always sees this richness!
Wow Sachin !!!! How much more amazing can it get?
Spectacular!
Thanks Nopayahnah, Courtney, Yogesh it was a wonderful sight,