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

LEE VINING, Calif. — Thousands of birds fill the air over Mono Lake, banking and swooping in a swirling murmuration that resembles an aerial school of fish.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025

Posting the video on social media, he said: "Sometimes photos just don't do this stunning starling murmuration justice."

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2024

Large crowds often gathered to watch and photograph the birds in flight, known as a murmuration.

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2023

A murmuration of starlings swirls on the air current.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper