Nancy, that was great, as good a murmuration show as I've seen! They really do work against predators. I watched starlings at Astoria doing that for many minutes one time, and a Peregrine repeatedly flew through them with no success.

Dennis Paulson
Seattle


> On Jan 22, 2023, at 7:08 AM, Nancy Morrison <weedsrus1 at gmail.com> wrote:

>

> I was in the Skagit Valley on Friday, and one of my goals was to watch the Dunlin murmurating. It was high tide, so they had moved inland to a flooded field. Within a minute of setting up my tripod, I was witness to one of the better displays I have seen. There was a Peregrine chasing them which made it all the better.

>

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkv-RWHNaEg <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkv-RWHNaEg>

>

> Nancy Morrison

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