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