Beginning in the fall, starlings form large flocks and seem to do everything together.

They even fly together, managing to manoeuvre in a collective mathematical synchrony that still baffles researchers today. This is called a “murmuration.”

We saw a small version of this today.

Other birds:

Thomson Park scenes:

Some botany:

8am group:

11:30am group:

MAILBOX

Hi Miles,

I have walk leader Gabriel’s permission to share the report and photos from my trip to Saskatoon.

 https://ebird.org/tripreport/76163

NATURE POETRY

Listen! the wind is rising,

and the air is wild with leaves,
We have had our summer evenings,

now for October eves!   – Humbert Wolfe (1885–1940)

Miles Hearn