Lunch break: A murmuration of starlings
By Brad Plumer,
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:
<iframe src=”http://player.vimeo.com/video/31158841?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0” width=”454” height=”363” frameborder=”0” webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen></iframe><p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/31158841”>Murmuration</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/user3069761”>Sophie Windsor Clive</a> on <a href=”http://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p>(Via.)