> http://epod.usra.edu/archive/epodviewer.php3?oid=3D309856
>
> Quite amazing, has anyone seen this (or heard this... or recorded this(!)=
)
> in person?
what's really amazing is the way the groups move and shift shape - it looks=
positively unreal. i've seen starling formations in the uk (perhaps not as=
big as those pictured) and seen video footage that at first had me convince=
d
it was digitally manipulated. the sound is also impressive - the flocks in=
the air is one thing, but they also tend to gather in groups of trees and
make a truly unholy racket. i'm sure someone here must have recorded that.=
apparently in limoges, france, in a small park by the train station, they
regularly have such a problem with the noise that the city started driving=
through the park in a truck with loudspeakers on the roof playing recording=
s
of predators (not sure what) to try to scare the starlings off. didn't wor=
k
though...
i've heard recordings of starling gatherings recorded in the uk by chris
watson - i believe theyd taken refuge in the rafters of an abandonned
warehouse in brighton, thousands of them, again making an immense noise...
patrick
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