murmuration

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Come to think of it, thoughts are perhaps not unlike a murmuration of starlings, flitting and swooping and morphing with seemingly serendipitous activation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

The phenomena, known as murmuration, is when huge groups of starlings come together to swoop and swirl across the sky.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2023

A murmuration is the name given to thousands of birds all swooping and diving in unison and the starlings of Belfast even appeared on BBC's Countryfile and The One Show.

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2023

Who hasn't gazed at a murmuration of thousands of starlings wheeling rhythmically above their roost at dusk, and not wondered at the majesty and mystery of natural systems?

From Salon • Aug. 17, 2023

When the tiny figure could be seen, threading wearily through the far trees of the chase, a murmuration went up among the people.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White