I learned 2 words

[jeffrefrig]

Today, after reading this in Snubby's thread a few times, I looked up what "spin class" is. Makes sense! Oh, I hope her eyes are good to go. WVA is a beautiful state.
Yesterday at physical therapy, shoulder, there were close to a thousand Starlings flying around in that mesmerizing flock that is a beautiful thing to watch as they twist about, never making the same large black cloud in the sky, in perfect unison. It's called a murmuration. Nobody knows why they do it but it seems to be just the English starlings that do it. Then they roost and often go away the next day, probably looking for a different parking lot to deposit on. I've seen that a hundred times, but never really thought about it until yesterday. The therapist & trainers said they were there all day; I had an afternoon appt., then straight to the car wash.

 

[robvious]

the learning continues..
Murmuration... that's new

 

[Rustyt1953]

If you want to enlarge your vocabulary search the archives for "shouldazagged". Mike had a head packed with words and they flowed naturally onto the page and they never felt forced or pretentious.

His dad was an accomplished and gifted war correspondent that hit the beaches at Normandy. Mike learned from him early on how to be a proper wordsmith.

I learned a lot from Mike. He was a writer, a teacher and a minister who studied the human condition and was an intuitive life coach.

I miss him.

 

[Tom K]

If you want to enlarge your vocabulary search the archives for "shouldazagged". Mike had a head packed with words and they flowed naturally onto the page and they never felt forced or pretentious.

His dad was an accomplished and gifted war correspondent that hit the beaches at Normandy. Mike learned from him early on how to be a proper wordsmith.

I learned a lot from Mike. He was a writer, a teacher and a minister who studied the human condition and was an intuitive life coach.

I miss him.

"...who hit the beaches at Normandy."

 

[Rustyt1953]

"...who hit the beaches at Normandy."

Do you feel better now?

 

[Onomea]

"Murmuration." I like that! I also like a "murder" of crows.

We frequently see skeins of ducks or geese flying overhead. I get a kick out of when they seem confused, or in a debate, about which way to go, and fly first one way and then another, as if they can't agree on where to go for lunch, or where to bed down for the evening. Somehow they sort their tussle out, but it can take a bit.

 

[LVSteve]

A murmuration is an anti-predator behavior as far as anyone can guess. It's a bit like those bait ball videos where the predatory fish charge into the bait ball but usually come away empty.

 

[LoboGunLeather]

"Murmuration." I like that! I also like a "murder" of crows.

We frequently see skeins of ducks or geese flying overhead. I get a kick out of when they seem confused, or in a debate, about which way to go, and fly first one way and then another, as if they can't agree on where to go for lunch, or where to bed down for the evening. Somehow they sort their tussle out, but it can take a bit.

Ah, the ultimate question arises! Ducks and geese seem to always fly in a V-formation, but one side of the V is always longer than the other side. Why is that?

After long observation and serious consideration, the best explanation I can come up with is that there are more birds on one side than the other.

 

[jimbo728]

The birds fly around lookingfor the bestsales on worms, bugs.
Jim

 

[Toolguy]

The birds fly around lookingfor the bestsales on worms, bugs.
Jim

They should just get on Amazon in the cloud for that. It would save a lot of needless expenditure of energy.

 

[Rustyt1953]

A murmuration is why I have a pacemaker.

 

[handejector]

We frequently see skeins of ducks or geese flying overhead.

Jus' the skeins? Whut happund to tha rest of 'em?

 

[Rustyt1953]

Duck skeins are highly prized in Peking.