Londoner shares beautiful video of birds ‘dancing in the sky’ above the Thames

“No, starlings are not flying like this to put on a good show for humans,” says Dale with a laugh. “It is one of the great phenomena of nature – a real attraction,” says Svein Dale. He is a professor at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences and researches birds and bird behaviour, and is particularly concerned about threatened species. Big vector set of mexico elements, skeleton characters, animals in flat hand drawn style isolated on white background. Icons for fiesta, celebration, national patterns, decoration, traditional food.

The birds, too many to count, danced around the sky in what seemed like perfect unity. There were no stragglers, each bird maintained their direction and kept up with the flock which moved at an incredible pace. We stared up at the birds and both wondered “how on earth do they do that? ” Their movement is so precise, so without fault yet so chaotic that it seems almost impossible that there could be so many birds all moving in such a beautifully collective manner.

Seeing this in person definitely goes on my bucket list. Reminds me of the courtship flight of the Nighthawks. Male harriers Sky Dance for two reasons, to advertise their occupancy of territory and to court females. These two males could have been competing for territory or courting a female that I didn’t see. I got two consecutive shots with him fully in the frame but this is the only one that was sharp.

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With his director of photography, Mathias Touzeris, the two filmed for several minutes capturing some pretty magnificent footage. You might recall a similar murmuration video from last year shot extremely up close and personal using a camera phone that went viral. How do thousands of birds simultaneously make such dramatic changes in their flight patterns? After tons of research, scientists still aren’t sure. A shape-shifting flock of thousands of starlings, called a murmuration, is amazing to see.

I love your shot, and the video took my breath away. The researchers described the work as “the first large-scale study of collective animal behavior” and it cements the basic rules for collective animal movement. Each unit simply stays aware of these three rules and using their fast reflexes the starlings’ autonomy makes them united. Instead, scientists believe movements are coordinated by starlings observing what others around them are doing. Birds in the middle can see through the flock on all sides to its edge and beyond.

A flock of starlings take flight in what is known as a murmuration – a rare gathering that looks like the clouds are dancing. I’ve seen hummingbirds in my yard do their U-shaped mating dance—I didn’t know harriers did one too! Of course, mostly I can’t see the hummingbird, just get an impression of him flying back and forth, making his humming sound with his wings. Box elder county, circus hudsonius, death dive, male, northern harrier, origin of circus in northern harrier latin name, sky dancing, utah.