A flock of starlings took the shape of a giant bird.

[L. Coyote]

Link to tweet

From my Twitter feed this morning, a retweet by a science journo I follow.
A nice break from the hornswoggling diatribes we wrestle each morning.

[Loki Liesmith]

1. Starlings Unite and form...VOLTRON!

[2naSalit]

2. That's cool....nt

[sl8]

3. Very cool.

It's called a "murmuration".


Wired - The Startling Science of a Starling Murmuration
https://www.wired.com/2011/11/starling-flock/

[L. Coyote]

4. In West Mexico the migrating flocks in the Spring are immense, incredible sights.

[AtheistCrusader]

6. Video.

[Fla Dem]

5. Nature is amazing! They practiced this formation for months! nt

[saidsimplesimon]

8. This comment

gave me a big smile, "They practiced this formation for months"

[Fla Dem]

10. I'm glad! My work here is done.

[saidsimplesimon]

12. Not true,

The images on your sig line give me hope for a better tomorrow.

[cab67]

7. that's an awesome photo

[Maggiemayhem]

9. A dinosaur formation would be really cool.

[Le Gaucher]

11. I would have dismissed it as fake ..but fractals show up everywhere in nature

So not surprised.

I would be highly skeptical of a Dog or a Jesus formation

[Towlie]

13. Lots of pictures like that on the Internet. Here's a whale chasing a dolphin:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5226483/Murmuration-starlings-took-form-giant-BIRD.html