Starlings

Watching starlings give their free wildlife performance is always a breathtaking sight. Their numbers are crashing and we have lost over 70% in recent years. How sad if we were responsible for this wonderful spectacle disappearing.

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Starlings are amazing, aren't they. How they don't crash into each other I don't know.
A few years ago on witnessing this sight myself, I wrote this poem....

The Gathering

At a distance black snowflakes swirling in the air
Then closer still changing like smoke clouds
Thousands of starlings wheeling everywhere
Gathering together to roost in their crowds
Then down they go in a waterfall
Cascading into the reeds
All answering the call
Like a broken string of beads

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When we moved into our house 45 years ago starlings were the most common bird then. Nowadays we hardly ever see a starling.

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We get a lot of starlings around here all flocking together on the power lines in the field at dusk usually.

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I think these murmurations are just fantastic ..I love watching them. Thanks for posting the brill vid

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Love that Tiffany - beautiful descriptions

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Thank you very much, Patsy.

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I agree Aysa. Just amazing watching that.

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Such a wonderful sight and how they never appear to collide with each other, I'll never know

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Thank for sharing Tiffany. Although they are getting fewer in numbers each year I do hope we never lose this amazing sights