MATH IS FOR THE BIRDS! Part 2

This video is taken near Vancouver by Pacificnorthwestkate.

The flight velocity and direction of one bird affects 7 around it which multiplies throughout the group.Like the movement of schools of fish, murmuration is an example  of scale free behaviour correlations.  No matter how large the flock of birds is, the action of each bird will affect and will be affected by the action of all the other birds.This means that each bird’s range of perception is much larger than if they relied on direct interactions. Murmuration has been compared mathematically to magnets.

three dimensional computer model shows an attempt to understand the mathematics in this flight patterning.
Dunlin birds can also form murmurations.  This video was created near Vancouver, BC for DVWildlife.