Photographer richard barnes captures the mesmerizing geometric patterns created by flocks of.

They dip and soar, bunch together and spread.

The physicists analysed video footage of starling flocks ranging in size from 10 birds to 3,000 to develop a mathematical model.

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Webjust before sunset, there among the cupolas, starlings mass by the hundreds of thousands, performing an aerial dance.

Webbeautiful and eerie photographs of starlings in flight.

Here's a video showing their patterns in the sky.

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