A short film that follows the journey of two girls in a canoe on the River Shannon and how they stumble across one of nature’s greatest phenomenons; a murmuration of starlings.
murmuration
/merr’meuh ray”sheuhn/, n.
1. an act or instance of murmuring.
2. a flock of starlings.
(via Mrs.Easton)
oops wrong link on the front page. love the murmuration vid.
Nov 4th, 2011 / 12:09 pm
nevermind! for some reason the handmade knife video was loading.
Nov 4th, 2011 / 12:10 pm
This video is on autoplay for some reason. Took me 5min to figure out where the sound was coming from in my rss reader. Dunno if you can shut that off but its no bueno for those of us in an office.
Nov 4th, 2011 / 12:46 pm
made our really boring day VERY exciting! thanks Tina. x
Nov 4th, 2011 / 12:54 pm
Oh no! Autoplay is no bueno. Thanks for pointing that out. It should be fixed now.
Nov 4th, 2011 / 1:30 pm
Thanks for that. I’ve seen this up close here in Texas but never a group this large or this close. So deeply heart achingly beautiful.
Nov 4th, 2011 / 1:59 pm
oh WOOOOOOOOOW! who knew?
Nov 4th, 2011 / 2:25 pm
This is what I call a true gift of serendipity – unexpected and lovely.
Happy weekend,
Felicity
Nov 5th, 2011 / 12:59 pm
You always find magic!
Nov 6th, 2011 / 11:36 am
We get this in Brighton (UK) a lot – it’s one of my favourite sights, watching them swoop & fold over the abandoned pier at sunset http://bit.ly/tovIMA
Nov 6th, 2011 / 12:53 pm
This video is a simple example of the complexity of nature. Totally inspiring on so many levels. When designing experiences I try to look around and it’s not to hard to find. Unfortunately, others see this and are inspired to create without having the best interests of humans in mind. Biomimicary is a powerful design tool, in the wrong hands it can be deadly.
http://atomaton.tumblr.com/post/12471763902/the-starling-murmurations-video-has-been-making
Nov 8th, 2011 / 10:22 pm
My poem written swiss miss on my Facebook apage of Anthony Quinn Annandale, VA. Hope you like it. LOVED your video with imagery and sound, amazing really, thanks for sharing it. Loved it all , the smiles and the laughs and the giggles , too :
BLOW-FLY-Swoop-Zigg-fluid
black-DASH-MORE-Ziggy-
Wig-Wiggy-Wash-ohh-Open-
Collect-AMASS-Crowd-
CRASH!
Sigh Collective SWOON-
Not-END-
NOW-Soon?!? ALL GOOD
Sad
Must Smile Laugh End
Heart SOULS FLY-COLLIDE-
Ride In ALL GOOD Stars
Stride
Starlings AMAZE BLACK Blaze
Haze
Blue Air Ohhh – Water Greens Dark
Graze …
Ahhh A-WAY-SA-FAD-Fade
FULL GRACE
Backs To PAD Paddl-
Away WAY Paddle …
Hope you like this. Go to my Facebook page to see the dark blue drawing that I added along with the poem. Cheers, bravo and thanks again for sharing this. Quite simply amazing! BLOW ME AWAY! Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn
Nov 8th, 2011 / 11:37 pm
Wow! That gave me goose bumps. What a spectacular performance of nature. I’m going to send this to lots of other people.
Nov 10th, 2011 / 9:37 am
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Mar 23rd, 2014 / 6:56 am