murmuration

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Come to think of it, thoughts are perhaps not unlike a murmuration of starlings, flitting and swooping and morphing with seemingly serendipitous activation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

LEE VINING, Calif. — Thousands of birds fill the air over Mono Lake, banking and swooping in a swirling murmuration that resembles an aerial school of fish.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025

Who hasn't gazed at a murmuration of thousands of starlings wheeling rhythmically above their roost at dusk, and not wondered at the majesty and mystery of natural systems?

From Salon • Aug. 17, 2023

A murmuration is the name given to thousands of birds all swooping and diving in unison.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2023

A murmuration of starlings swirls on the air current.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper