#murmuration

[ilikeit-art]

#starlings #swooping #swirling #murmuration #phenomenon #sassari #italy #gloss

[amnhnyc]

Have you ever looked up at the sky to see a view like this? When masses of Starlings (genus Sturnidae) fly in sync, this phenomenon is known as a murmuration. Wonder why these birds do this? Flying in a group of hundreds, sometimes even thousands, provides protection against predators: The mass can be daunting for a falcon who’s trying to snatch a single target from the quick-moving crowd. To stay in a tight formation, each starling is in tune with the motions of seven of its surrounding neighbors. Doing so allows each bird to respond to the fluid movements of the overall cohort, as there’s no single bird leading the flock.

Photo: Damien Walmsley, CC BY-NC 2.0, flickr

#science #nature #natural history #animals #birds #ornithology #did you know #fact of the day #starlings #murmuration #fun facts

[lforlimbo]

Everyone in me is a bird

#murmuration #murmurationofstarlings #winter #birds #iamacageinsearchofabird #colourless #danceofthebirds #snow #natureistheonlytrueartist #natureisart #birdsbirdsbirds #franzshubert #birdsobsessed #treesandbirds #mitsukouchida🎹 #mitsukouchida #pianosonatano20 #blackwhite #D959 #andantino #photography #poetry #lforlimbo

[darksilvania]

STORMUR (Flying/Electric) the tiny bird pokemon

A solitary STORMUR is barely able to produce enough electricity to create sparks and crackling sounds, but when a large flock comes together, their energy combined is able to create giant thunderstorms wherever they go

STORMUR (Storm/Murmur) is similar to WISHIWASHI, a single small pokemon that merges with others to form a larger one, but insted of having the ability "Schooling" its ability is called "Murmuration"

It is of course based on a murmuration of birds, a large group of birds flying as a single mass, usually composed of Starlings, but other birds like robins and blackbirds can form murmurations

The solo form is based on the Yellowheaded Blackbird, one of the species known to form murmurations

Its murmuration form however is based on the Thunderbird from native american folklore. As its name suggest, the thunderbird is known for creating thunderstorms wherever it goes, with its wing producing the sound of thunder when they flap. Altough its name is "Thunderbird" many accounts of supposed sightings describe the creature looking very similar to prehistoric pterosaurs, with even some alleged photos of supposedly captured thunderbirds showing them like one, and that is why the murmuration form looks like a mix of bird and pterosaur.

Its shiny colors are based on Northwest Pacific art, in which Thunderbirds are a very recurring theme

#pokemon #fakemon #fake pokemon #flying #flying type #flying pokemon #flying fakemon #electric #electric type #electric pokemon #electric fakemon #thunderbird #murmuration #blackbird

[noosphe-re]

Starlings making the shape of a bird (source: Colin Hogg)

“After months of chasing these birds around Lough Ennell, Co. Westmeath. James Crombie and I captured a unique display. His shot made front cover of the Irish Times and this is the video of the murmuration behind that iconic photograph.”

#murmuration #birds #ornithology #swarm #swarm intelligence #nature #starling #animals

[sorrysomethingwentwrong]

Søren Solkær Art

#art #surreal #photography #soren solkaer #bird #forms #feline #wales #mesmerism #murmuration #nature #dusk #blackbird #starling #songbird #ondulation #cloud

[jadeseadragon]

Danish photographer Søren Solkær: Murmurations

Black Sun #128 Houtwiel, Friesland, The Netherlands (top)

Black Sun #145, Rome, Italy (bottom)

#søren solkær #photography #starlings #murmuration

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Ornithography #153

The labyrinthine patterns traced by birds on the wing – in pictures

Photographer: Xavier Bou

Ornithography #171

Ornithography #125

Ornithography #240

#xavier bou #photographer #murmuration #patterns #bird photography #nature #ornithography #photo series

[ilikeit-art]

Murmurations are large groups of starlings that fly in mesmerizing patterns in the sky. It is thought that these formations offer protection from predators, as it is difficult for a predator to single out one bird from the large group. It is not fully understood how the individual starlings are able to navigate without colliding with each other.

#murmuration #starling #beautiful & mesmerizing #national geographic

[yama-bato]

Charles Beck

  “Evening Flight” 2013

#Charles Beck #murmuration

[fuckyeah-beringandwellsfics]

Murmuration

submitted by: anonymous

Link and AO3 details: Murmuration (28090 words) by @roadien60

Chapters: 5/5

Fandom: Warehouse 13

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Relationships: Myka Bering/Helena "H. G." Wells

Characters: Myka Bering, Helena "H. G." Wells, Tracy Bering, Christina Wells, Warren Bering, Jeannie Bering, William Wolcott, Pete Lattimer

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Science Fiction

Series: Part 1 of Seven Worlds

Summary:

Myka Bering has spent her entire life falling in love with Helena Wells. It took Helena much less time than that to fall in love with Myka. It's all relative, you see.

Please tell us why you like this fic so much!

It's an incredibly compelling AU that uses the time dilation of space travel to amazing effect. One of my favorite Bering and Wells AUs!

#bering and wells #warehouse 13 #bering & wells #wh13 #w13 #murmuration #roadie #roadien60 #anonymous submision #published 2014 #submitted 2023-04 #2023 #april 2023 #fandom classic

[onejellyfishplease]

My OC:

Girl is made out of flock of birds

Girl tries to figgier out why her parents didn’t just adopt a child, rather than do what ever the heck they did to make her

Girl also tries to figure out the science off her literally splitting into a flock of birds and being a literal hive mind of birds like what the fuck what kind of magic bullshittery is this

#OC #oc stuff #please like her #when she’s fully human she’s like a hive mind but one body #she can think so many thoughts at once #she thought it was ADHD #lol no #ur a flock of birds #she is a multitasking GOD #I love her #I also dunno what to call her #the birds she turn into are starlings #they do that cool murmuration thing #look it up it’s so cool #murmuration #wild birds #funny #hopefully

[contremineur]

Antoine Brodin, from the series Murmuration

from here

#antoine brodin #murmuration #art

[demeter1111]

Amazing starling murmuration. Watch the whole thing. This so beautiful. 😍

🎥: @lanmiio | Twitter

#birds #videos #murmuration #animal videos

[noosphe-re]

Bird Creatures by Claire Droppert (starlings murmuration)

#murmuration #birds #starling #ornithology #swarm #swarm intelligence #nature #animals

[miramar-stuff]

#inktober #inktober 2023 #rush #murmuration