A shape-shifting flock of thousands of starlings, called a murmuration, is amazing to see. As many as 750,000 birds join together in flight. The birds spread out and come together. The flock splits ...

While sitting on my back porch one day during late afternoon, my leisurely pursuit was interrupted as a large and seemingly nervous flock of red-winged blackbirds happened to fly by my location. The ...

Mixed-species bird flocks are dynamic assemblages observed across a range of forest ecosystems, from tropical rainforests to temperate woodlands. These flocks, formed by a diversity of species, are ...

Greenberg, Russell S. 2001. "Birds of many feathers: the formation and structure of mixed species flocks of forest birds." In On the move: how and why animals travel in groups. Boinski, S. and Garber, ...

For centuries, researchers have pondered how starlings travel in those gorgeous shape-shifting clouds. The answers continue to surprise them. A convergence of starlings swirls above St. Peter’s ...

On November 25, 2024, in Rajasthan, India, @thar_desert_photography shared a video of a flock of birds displaying an incredible flying formation. In the video, the birds are seen in the sky flying in ...

On October 11, 2025, in Jinchang, Gansu, a video captured the spectacular sight of a vast flock of migratory geese flying southward in perfect formation. Against the clear autumn sky, the birds formed ...

Joan Strassman wrote a book, The Social Lives of Birds, and this piece might increase sales of this book since it is about the same topic and is cited. The late Oxford University biologist William D.