A Murmuration of Starlings

[takza]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... EgSlRarcC8

[ARCHINSTL]

Awe-inspiring!
Thanks!
Tom M.

[takza]

I've seen that somewhere in the real world...not as many though.

[dlb]

that actually was pretty neat. you're also looking pretty cute in your wool toque there, takza. wanna hang out some time?

[Petros]

That almost looks creepy, I keep thinking all those birds might suddenly swoop down and attack the helpless people in the canoe. Death by a thousand little pecks, just like in "The Birds".

Alone they are each harmless little birds, but in a group they act with a collective mind and can flex their combined power over us humans.... Just like the killer rabbits in the Holy Grail.

[takza]

that actually was pretty neat. you're also looking pretty cute in your wool toque there, takza. wanna hang out some time?

I am purty...ain't I?

[solarlord]

TAZ- you in into birds?- these guys fly up from africa in vast flocks and roust in old buildings ,of day time they spilt up and go out into the country side for food,then in evening they return and and do this maturation at sun set ,sometimes in the middle of a city ,its fanastic to see,the noise they make is very spooky,as the sun sets they all disapear to there rousts-i used to live in birmingham uk and they all lived in the catheadral in the middle of the city-DEL BOY

[takza]

I saw this a couple of times in the fall when I think they were getting ready for or in the midst of heading south....pretty impressive. In some towns here in the US I guess they can be a real problem though. Would have been interesting to see the passenger pigeons where they used to say it could take days for the flocks to pass...extinct now.

[solarlord]

taz-is it snowing with you yet? just cold and damp in england -we are promised a a real hum dinger ,but nothing yet-DEC

[takza]

The Earl of Sterling says...watch out....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wZyvAPEDxY

More and more extreme weather events in the US.

Weather pretty mild here so far...but they predict a bad winter here also....lots of snow.

North and south artics are warming...and rest of globe is experiencing more extreme weather....due to man-caused global warming. Though some believe in magical thinking and think if they say the opposite...then it will go away.

[Petros]

as if anyone can predict the weather with any degree of accuracy....