new research on starling formations

[dale]

http://www.reuters.com/video/2014/08/18/mystery-of-starling-flock-formation-expl?videoId=340519101&videoChannel=118169&channelName=Editors%27+Picks

and predators

[Carol P.]

Thanks Dale!  Very interesting. 

[Paul Hamilton]

Thanks, Dale.
That's interesting - each starling orients to the whole mass of birds, rather than to the nearest neighbors. It's the opposite of how humans fly formation.

[dale]

I don't know about opposite, but close; I orient to whoever is carrying smoked pork belly.

[PatriciaRose]