The Cloud Chamber

A Murmuration Of Starlings

Another video of photos and commentary; this time of the flocks of starling who crowd the skies over Rome each winter. As the above image indicates, this isn't just a modest gathering of bodies on the wing but a massed multitude of titanic proportions who return from the countryside each night to roost. The images were snapped by Richard Barnes and the words were provided by Jonathon Rosen. (via the Lens Culture blog) (BTW 'murmuration' is apparently the collective noun for starlings.)