That same starling video was on the national news last night and apparently
has "gone viral."
Penny Koyama, Bothell
plkoyama at comcast.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Munts" <muntsm at gmail.com>
To: "Barbara Deihl" <barbdeihl at comcast.net>
Cc: <Tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 9:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Re: Murmuration video and Bud A's response


An impressive flock. This is clearly a huge flock. The video is
apparently from Great Britain where starlings are a native species of
concern. According to the species account on BBC Nature
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/European_Starling) they have
declined 92% in the last couple of decades. To put this in perspective
all starlings in North America are descended from introductions from
England, yet they are probably more starlings in Idaho than in all of
Great Britain now. From what I have seen coming from the BOU?s
starling working group this may be the last mega flock left in Britain
which I understand is reported to winter on the Scottish coast which
is certainly consistent with the background to this video.

Mike Munts
Colville