A Murmuration, a Divine Mystery

This is 2 minutes long.  It is another mystery of Creator God, Elohim:  No one knows why they do it.
Yet each Fall, thousands of starlings dance in the twilight above England and Scotland.  The birds gather in shape-shifting flocks called murmurations, having migrated in the millions from Russia and Scandinavia to escape winter's frigid bite.  Scientists aren't sure how they do it, either.  The starlings' murmurations are manifestations of swarm intelligence, which in different contexts is practiced by schools of fish, swarms of bees and colonies of ants.  As far as I am aware, even complex algorithmic models haven't yet explained the starlings 'aerobatics, which rely on the tiny bird's quicksilver reaction time of under 100 milliseconds to avoid aerial collisions-and-predators-in the giant flock.


Despite their tour de force in the dusky sky, starlings have declined significantly in the UK in recent years, perhaps because of a decline in suitable nesting sites.  The birds still roost in several of Britain's rural pastures, however, settling down to sleep (and chatter) after their evening ballet.


Two young ladies were out on a late afternoon canoe ride and fortunately one of them remembered to bring her video camera.  What they saw was a wonderful murmuration display, caught in the short video.
I couldn't help but think, "Lord, you created theses starlings to praise and dance before you to express your glory."  ENJOY!!

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