Many of divine beings are shown as blue since the sky and the water is blue! It represents the vastness of universe and nature!
But did you know that the colour blue is actually very rare in nature?
Then you have a bird which not only lays blue eggs but also forms a group of millions which can fly along each other without a fuss! The sheer number can make you dizzy but they can fly like a well oiled machine! The display is a sheer magic of nature called as murmuration!
In many ways Starlings have got serious style!
Not only can they lay blue eggs, recognize each other from their chirps alone, but the short-tailed birds can also put on an aerial display to thrill you!
Known as starling murmurations (due to the sound produced by the multiple wingbeats involved), this sky dance sees flocks gather together, swooping and twisting across the sky in one spectacular swarm.
Consisting of at least 500 starlings, these formations have been known to feature up to a million birds in the UK.!
And this number can be up to five million! And they do not crash because the birds have incredibly good social-distancing instincts!
A murmuration is also a collective noun for a group of starlings.
The reason why they do this is many! The first is safety in numbers! Murmurations provide protection against predators, making it difficult for a single bird to be targeted.
The next is heat or warmth since Starlings roost together at night, and the sheer number of birds helps to conserve heat.
Just when you though that conferences are only limited to humans the starlings also use the murmurations for Information exchange and the flocks can help birds share information about good feeding areas!
If you see the murmurations you would be shocked at the sheer number! But the pattern is based on simple rules apparently. Starlings follow simple rules based on the movement of their nearest neighbors.
Each starling seems to adjust its flight direction and speed based on the actions of its seven closest neighbors. So all they have to do is take care of the closest seven neighbors and the exponential effect can translate to millions! With each bird taking care of its own area, the whole group feels and looks like a single gigantic bird flying in the sky!
This also creates a ripple effect, with changes in direction and speed spreading throughout the flock, resulting in the mesmerizing patterns!
So the world is so beautiful and all we humans do is try to destroy it…
Hope sense prevails…
Maybe a good body mind and soul is a good start…start by yoga as taught by greats like K. Pattabhi Jois
Shubh ratri…
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