[NatureNS] re photo of murmuration of starlings, in Herald, Feb.

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that is crows & starling that roost, do other birds?  Tim is educating too!

On 28/02/13 5:26 PM, James W. Wolford wrote:
> Herald photographer TIM KROCHAK doesn't get enough credit.  He has done
> it again with a great photo on page A6 of the  Valley edition.  "Near
> Curry's Corner" perhaps doesn't mean much to readers -- I presume this
> was in Windsor, near the jct. of hwys. 101 and 14??  Anyway, shown is a
> large flock in the air, and my quick guess is about 7-800 birds??
>
> Starlings are famous for their dawn and dusk flying social gatherings as
> they either leave or approach their nightly roosting locales.  In Europe
> and perhaps further south in North America these flocks can number in
> the tens of thousands and upward.
>
> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.
>

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