The "murmuration" of starlings, as this phenomenon is known, is used as a survival tactic by the small birds against predators. Music by MTT. Video produced by Alpaca Media. Follow PyroPix on ...

Avoiding the predators One key function of starling murmurations is to protect the birds against predators. When a predator like a hawk or falcon approaches, the flock's erratic and constantly ...

Starling murmurations are one of nature's most mesmerizing spectacles seen in thousands of starlings, small birds having three toes facing in front and two backwards, moving in harmoniously in ...

Dr. Kathryn Cooper uses a 19th-century photographic technique called chronophotography to reveal the complexities of starling ...

Over the winter of 2015-2016, they asked anyone watching a murmuration to record its size, how long it lasted, the habitat it was in, the air temperature and if predators were present. Starlings form ...

In the UK, starling murmurations are a winter spectacle ... Starlings are thought to gather in murmurations primarily to deter predators, using the swirling flock as a form of protection.