01.Feb.2011 [parameters] Black Sun

black sun

the spectacular play of starling aerobatics take place in southern Denmark two times every year when the starlings migrate to and from their breeding and winter quarters respectively.

having fouraged during the day in groups of 10-15 birds they meet up at dusk to form flocks of up to 500,000 individuals before settling down to roost in the marshes.

our investigations cover the starlings (sturnus vulgaris), from the physiology of the individual starling to the relationship between the birds that make up a flock performing black sun.

we have chosen to bracket our system as the flock performing black sun.

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