Flight Patterns

photographs by tom johnson

Few phenomena are as majestic as the murmuration of starlings. When hundreds to thousands of these birds flock together, their movement appears to be of one mind, marking mutable matrices across the sky. Their secret? Each starling attends to seven others, ensuring even effort distribution and flawless form.

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