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Murmuration

what a spectacle! This is niether a composite image nor a photoshop clone. What looked like a huge smoke emerging out from the fields was nothing but a miracle. Its the magical congregation of mixed-species of birds. Its comprised of the red-winged black birds, brown headed cow birds, starlings ofcourse & I guess Grackles too. Watching hundreds of them flying in unison was just a surreal moment. They move in such patters to protect them from predators & also for finding food. How do they do this? Its a game of Anticipation. They anticipate the next move of their neighbors thereby reducing their response time and form amazing coordinated patterns in the sky. (chorus-line hypothesis)

Image dimensions: 8192 x 5464 pixels

Murmuration

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Murmuration

what a spectacle! This is niether a composite image nor a photoshop clone. What looked like a huge smoke emerging out from the fields was nothing but a miracle. Its the magical congregation of mixed-species of birds. Its comprised of the red-winged black birds, brown headed cow birds, starlings ofcourse & I guess Grackles too. Watching hundreds of them flying in unison was just a surreal moment. They move in such patters to protect them from predators & also for finding food. How do they do this? Its a game of Anticipation. They anticipate the next move of their neighbors thereby reducing their response time and form amazing coordinated patterns in the sky. (chorus-line hypothesis)

Image dimensions: 8192 x 5464 pixels

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