In the fall and spring, thousands of people come to the marshlands of the Wadden Sea, between Denmark and Germany, to watch huge flocks of starlings take flight at sunset. The birds synchronize their movements in a flocking behavior called murmuration. They swoop, shift, and turn as one, creating incredible shapes in the sky.
Birds of a feather flocking together
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Gifford Pinchot National Forest
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New Year s Day
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A cutting-edge art gallery opens in Paris
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Celebrating National Park Week, April 21-29
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Red squirrel
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Cloudy with a chance of enlightenment
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Saint Nicholas Day in Verbier, Switzerland
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Welcome to my neck of the woods
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Visiting a Maratha fortress
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World Bee Day
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Regional Park of Migliarino, San Rossore, Massaciuccoli, Italy
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Hey, who’s in charge here?
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World Poetry Day
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Lighting it up for Vivid Sydney
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World Penguin Day
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Hemakuta Hill, Hampi, India
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AAPI Heritage Month & Lei Day
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Sligachan Old Bridge, Isle of Skye, Scotland
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Unbearable cuteness
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Looking back on 150 years of rail travel
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A Welsh wonder turns 70
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Moving as one
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Indigo bunting
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Rock House in Hocking Hills State Park, Ohio
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Flock together for Cousins Day
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Berlin Festival of Lights
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Great hornbill, Thailand
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It s Republic Day in India
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El Valle de la Luna, Chile
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Four little birds sitting in a tree…