A Murmuration Musters
A Murmuration of Starlings (Sturus vulgaris) starts to assemble on an electricity pylon. They gather here each evening, as it's a prominent local landwark. Small flocks of starlings follow the river and then along the power lines to gather, waiting for an invisible signal - then, seemingly as one, they head off around Rhyl, performing stunning aerobatics over the rooftops before settling for the night.
I normally resize images before posting, but have left this one full size in case anybody wishes to do a count!! Hopefully I'll re-shoot this in the coming days when a) I haven't got to rush out after work and b) when there is just a bit more light. This was shot at ISO800 and hand held, so not as much detail as I would like. The picture also needs a bit of movelment, ideally as they all take off!
An interesting piece on Starling Murmurations here.
See also Day 35 , Day 17, Day 7 and the "Through the Seasons" page.
