The physicists analysed video footage of starling flocks ranging in size from 10 birds to 3,000 to develop a mathematical model.

Webthere's a science to the coordinated flight of starlings, says anthropologist barbara j.

Webjust before sunset, there among the cupolas, starlings mass by the hundreds of thousands, performing an aerial dance.

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Webbeautiful and eerie photographs of starlings in flight.

Here's a video showing their patterns in the sky.

They dip and soar, bunch together and spread.

Photographer richard barnes captures the mesmerizing geometric patterns created by flocks of.

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