A murmuration of starlings in Houston

By Barbara Ortner on March 20, 2012 8:14 AM

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(photo: Houston Chronicle)

Thousands of starlings and grackles are gathering every evening in the trees along Westheimer and around the Galleria in Houston, the Blog was startled to see and hear on a recent visit. The noise is incredibly loud, even over the normal roar of the traffic.  The black birds wheel across the sky in great dark clouds, and perch along the overhead cables in dense concentrations reminiscent of Hitchcock's film "The Birds."

For a close-up photo of a grackle, see the Houston Chronicle.

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