While I was waiting for the truck to dump, I noticed the birds were flocking together; I think it is called a murmuration.
Although, these birds were not Starlings, they were practicing the same art, as Starlings.
Okay, now! Everyone here? Ready, get set
FLAP! Raise those wings….now turn to the right
Turn to the left…harder! Harder! Break out a sweat!
Now lift up and fly as high into the sky as you can
Well done! (see the heart they formed?)
Rest! We will go again later. A job well done!
Your friend,
Linda
Too cute!
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Birds around here do that a lot. I wonder what their purpose is.
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If it were summer I would think they were catching bugs to eat, but not in the winter…
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What a neat photo sequence. I’m glad you were able to get another load of corn to the elevator.
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So far so good!
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Almost a bird-ballet Linda.
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It was as graceful as a ballet, that is for sure!
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Smiling over here.
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Tee Hee
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i like your orchestration. 🙂
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Exercise in the sky 🙂
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I just love the effortlessness of the birds as they take off in unison as if magicly being drawn there to the same form, same idea same plan sam action. For sure God in Action and the message coming clear to them all. A great lesson for us in Trusting, listening and then moving on it…..hey? Thanks, Linda, Merri
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I dance in the sky!
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Really impressive formation flying! Thanks for the choreography notes…
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Tee Hee
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Linda.
I am sure that they are common pigeons – like the homing variety.
Here all silos have pigeons galore – the dropped seeds are the reason
and they do take off as shown in your photos – maybe someone startled
them or just for some exercise!
The old wheat silos near my suburban rail station were just recently
knocked down – they were suppose to be heritage listed and incorporated
into the new high apartment block, but the silos were riddled with structural
faults.
The pigeons and even some kookaburras had their nests in the silo holes
so when the silos came down so off went the birds.
There still are a couple of pairs of “kookas” around the place to remind
me of the “bush” with their laughing calls, but as they also can hunt at night
for mice etc. their triumphant “laughs” at 2.00 am are not all that welcome,
especially just outside the window! ha ha.
Obviously the corn is coming off?
Cheers
Colin
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So far they have taken two more loads. We are keeping our fingers crossed!
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Colin did recognize the non-starling-ness … but i’ll stick my neck out and say “similar to pigeons” but i suspect they’re ring-necked doves.
i am surprized to see and hear of their flying in the patterns we associate with starlings ~ murmurations indeed !
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I agree with you—more than likely that terribly invasive species the ring-necked dove.
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ah sed thet ’cause around our part of the whirled, startlings are, of course, (on occasion) the most numerous, and (w)ringed-neck duvverlees are also pretty noomerous. depends on the season — sometimes we gots lotsa dux !
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Awesome, love the heart! I look for hearts with birds, especially with two geese or swans face to face at just the right angle. 🙂
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I like looking for hearts in nature. They are there, we just need to ‘see’
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I agree!
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Love this. Delightful. 😊
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Thank you!!!
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It’s amazing how those little birds fly as if they were one organism — all up and down and back and forth at the exact same moment; I always wonder how what kind of signal they get. Your pictures really catch that!
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It’s a dance in the air!
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I wish for wings.
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Me too, Alice!
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People who work in employee management study things like flying birds, swimming fish and busy ants. They don’t seem to understand large groups which can do amazing things without some big leader to boss them around.
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Altogether now…and then they became one!
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good to see you were waiting at the elevator again today!! 🙂
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And so far again today! YAY!
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Love their ballet. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eakKfY5aHmY
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ME too!!! THanks for the link!
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