A starling murmuration is the breathtaking phenomenon where thousands of starlings flock together in the sky, moving in sweeping, fluid shapes that seem almost choreographed. These dense aerial displays usually occur at dusk, when the birds gather before roosting for the night. Scientists believe murmurations provide safety in numbers by confusing predators like hawks and falcons, while also helping the birds exchange information about food sources and conserve warmth as they settle down to roos

Watch thousands of birds fly in tight formation—a mesmerizing behavior known as a starling murmuration. | National Geographic

Superb starling singing (Lamprotornis superbus) East Africa, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania. | BIRDS & Nature

🪶 Here rests a little bird called Starling, Foolish little Darling. Eulogy for Starling, 1787, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart “When Mozart’s pet starling drops dead, he gets his friends together and they stage a funeral procession while singing hymns.” “This bird in a cage is precisely what young Mozart was, but it's also a displacement for his father’s funeral… and there's a new Mozart who is born out of that death. That new Mozart is not the same delightful charmer. He is a deep, dark figure now, an