A Starlings murmeration was a common thing to see years ago but the birds started dying out and for many years now you never saw one around where I lived. Last time I did see one was on the Somerset levels at Glastonbury back in 2014. For the last few years I noticed Starlings making a comeback in our garden starting with a nest on my bird box at the bottom of the garden. This year they have been raiding the feeders we hang out
Two starlings making the most of the feeder
Getting there first
I then noticed this a few nights later
Starlings murmerating
There were two different murmuerations
Which at one time joined flying right over us, a little later the flew off to roost
I've not seen many murmurations here in NC, but I find them fascinating. It's almost like a many-birded brain!
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I love knowing that you have starlings there too. We have them here. It's wonderful to see them in murmuration. There are truly magnificent videos of them on Youtube. What a sight they are. They are like art in the sky.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful birds.
ReplyDeleteA lot of birds in the sky
ReplyDeleteAn incredible number of starlings.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
They come to my feeders too, and they decimate the suet. But I admire them.
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