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Synchronized Starlings
Anonymous. 2017.  Answers 12(1):22-23. CELD ID 26285

Abstract
On cool evenings, tens of thousands of starlings gather at sites in Europe to twist and turn in beautiful formation. It's called a murmuration. How do they do it? Scientists are baffled. In one way, it's simple-like fighter planes in formation, each starling reacts to its nearest neighbors. When they turn it turns