Lunch break: A murmuration of starlings

at 01:25 PM ET, 11/04/2011

Whoever’s job it is to come up with collective nouns for birds must have a hilariously good time. A parliament of owls. A nye of pheasants. An unkindness of ravens. Meanwhile, a collection of starlings is called a murmuration and they look amazing when captured on video:

Murmuration from Sophie Windsor Clive on Vimeo.

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