Marvelous, if not for the fantasy on the poetic dark side of flocking
birds that accompanies... "It is, of course, natural for birds to
surrender individual autonomy to the flock; according to the Roman
ornithologist Claudio Carere, who has identified 12 basic flock
patterns, the starlings are primarily trying to evade falcons..."
That shows what desperate thinking will still do, or at least help one
get published in the Times, when presented with 'mere matter' performing
endless easy feats of ballet we'd be quite hard pressed to choreograph
ourselves.
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I think some list members will enjoy this, from the NY Times today:
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Flight Patterns
By JONATHAN ROSEN
The shapes that starlings create in the skies of Rome.
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