A shape-shifting flock of thousands of starlings, called a murmuration, is amazing to see. As many as 750,000 birds join together in flight. The birds spread out and come together. The flock splits ...

On Nov. 12, 2024, Salem photographer Brian Stone was dazzled by thousands of starlings performing a magical murmuration over a vineyard ten miles west of Salem, near the Baskett Slough National ...

A mesmerizing murmuration of starlings was spotted by wildlife officials in Newport, Wales, on January 17. Video filmed by Josh Sankey of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Newport ...

A large swarm of European Starlings banded together to create a murmuration in Murray, Utah. These birds have been sighted in Utah several times this winter. Starlings create these flocks to protect ...

In late May 2025, a video (archived) circulated online purportedly showing a starling murmuration — a spectacle where starlings gather in the thousands at dusk and collectively fly in shape-shifting ...

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Sophie Windsor Clive and Liberty Smith happened upon a flock of starlings, called a murmuration, while canoeing at dusk, and captured "one of nature's greatest and most fleeting phenomena" on video.

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. Why do flocks of birds swoop and swirl together ...