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What Happened When The Starlings Shifted In The Sky?
Birds called starlings fly in a murmur oration, generally just a big cloud of birds. A quick phone video begins as an amorphous blob, then the birds shift and form the shape of a starling in the sky, so the flock briefly looks like the animal it is made from.
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"A Bird Made of Birds" | Sarah Kay
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