Mint21 小时
6 BIRD SPECIES WHO FLY IN GROUPS
A murmuration is a stunning display of up to 100,000 starlings, features elaborate aerial movements before they settle down ...
National Geographic news4 年
European Starling
Widespread and abundant in much of North America, the introduced European starling is arguably and ... Often evicts native species from nest holes. Migration: withdraws in winter from northern ...
Business Insider7 年
Watch starling birds create amazing 'clouds' in the sky
One theory is that individual birds follow their neighbors' lead. There are nearly 120 species of starlings. You can find multiple starling species within the same murmuration. During murmuration ...
The starling murmuration is causing ‘carnage’ in Somerset, but there is a simple solution
After an hour of build-up, the chatter of half a million starlings had approached its crescendo. I pulled my binoculars to my ...
Natural History Museum%2c London1 年
How to spot a starling murmuration
Researchers recently observed a fledged European starling help its parents feed the next generation of chicks. This behaviour has been observed in other species of starling, but this is a rare example ...
来自MSN1 个月
Fossil from the dinosaur era uncovers a new early bird species
In 2016 at a site in the locality of Presidente Prudente, São Paolo state, Brazil, paleontologists discovered a 'one of a kind' fossil of a prehistoric but unknown species. Starling-sized bird ...
This natural spectacle easily trumps the Northern Lights (and you can see it in the UK)
After an hour of build-up, the chatter of half a million starlings had approached its crescendo. I pulled my binoculars to my ...
BBC1 年
Murmuration: Action taken to re-attract Belfast's starlings
When the starlings disappeared ... There is a variety of reasons why they do this; to confuse predatory species, to stay warm and to exchange information about feeding areas.