A murmuration occurs when many thousands of starlings flock together in preparation to land and settle for the night. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
A starling flock like this is called a murmuration, a word that perfectly describes the rustle of thousands of pairs of wings. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
Thousands of birds, known as a murmuration, are currently roosting in the Obridge area of Taunton and County Gazette photographer Geoff Hall (pictured) took the once-in-a-lifetime shot from the Obridge Link. From Wordnik.com. Reference
'murmuration' make fantastical shapes as the flock wheel and dive through the air. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
You can find a video of a smaller murmuration in Brighton here. From Wordnik.com. [The Parkless Park Resurfaces] Reference
I'd never heard of this phenomenon before--its called "murmuration.". From Wordnik.com. [The Starship and the Museum: The Shape of Things] Reference
The people lining the windows of the corridors were talking, their tone quietly excited, reminding me of a murmuration of starlings along a telephone wire. From Wordnik.com. [Quiller Meridian]
Don Tapscott has written persuasively about the mechanism and culture of collaboration, and even produced a wonderful video on the notion of weak -- even unintelligent -- signals that result in glorious patterns of starling murmuration. From Wordnik.com. [Mehret Mandefro: The Revelation of Relevance] Reference
The very sumptuousness of the renovated terminal, which will soon enough be filled with the brisk murmuration of passing lawyers, is a reminder that we live in an age when, as in medieval times, decoration is the prerogative of the rich. From Wordnik.com. [What A Swell Ride It Was] Reference
The chalk-pit was full of sunshine and the murmuration of bees. From Wordnik.com. [The Forsyte Saga - Complete] Reference
That restless murmuration, and the width of the night with its scattered stars, seemed to come rushing at his face. From Wordnik.com. [The Patrician] Reference
At dusk every evening they can be seen flying in large swirling formations in a unique phenomenon known as murmuration. From Wordnik.com. Reference
There seemed in all this white murmuration to be millions of tiny hands stretching out to me, millions of whispering voices, of wistful eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Essays of John Galsworthy] Reference
'Starlings have natural habits and behaviour, when flying around in a murmuration they relate each movement to the seven birds closest to them. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
And rustling deep down in this Titanic creature of his fancy was 'the murmuration' of his own unspoken speech, sweeping away the puff balls of words flung up by that far-away, small, varying voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Patrician] Reference
Cocooned in waterproofs and wellies, my husband, myself and our three boys 10, seven and four head to the RSPB reserve at Ham Wall on the Somerset Levels, although this is by no means the only place to see one of the greatest UK spectacles - a murmuration. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Is that a bit like a murmuration of starlings ?. From Wordnik.com. [Simon Jenkins Rips into the LibDems] Reference
"murmuration", not of starlings, but goldfinches. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
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