Hello Birding-Aus people,
One of the most wondrous sights in nature is watching a very large flock
(a murmuration)
of starlings wheeling around in continuously variable pattern at dusk in
late autumn.
Some photos of this can be seen in today's Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2012/nov/11/murmuration-starlings-gretna-pictures#/?picture=399199217&index=0
Video of the phenomenon obtained by entering "Starling Murmuration" into
Google. The largest murmuration claimed
is for a flock of 2 million birds in Denmark.
I have seen this wonderful sight in England and France. I have a
recollection of seeing in the distance somewhere near
Mudgee NSW a wheeling flock of starlings. That was about half a century
ago when I was a uni student.
Can anybody on Birding-Aus tell me if there are places in Australia
where one can still see a murmuration of Starlings?
Cheers,
Jim Smart
East Maitland NSW
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