Marvelous, if not for the fantasy on the poetic dark side of flocking birds that accompanies... "It is, of course, natural for birds to surrender individual autonomy to the flock; according to the Roman ornithologist Claudio Carere, who has identified 12 basic flock patterns, the starlings are primarily trying to evade falcons..." That shows what desperate thinking will still do, or at least help one get published in the Times, when presented with 'mere matter' performing endless easy feats of ballet we'd be quite hard pressed to choreograph ourselves.
Phil Henshaw ¸¸¸¸.·´ ¯ `·.¸¸¸¸ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 680 Ft. Washington Ave NY NY 10040 tel: 212-795-4844 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] explorations: www.synapse9.com <http://www.synapse9.com/> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Breecker Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 8:52 PM To: Friam Group Subject: [FRIAM] starling patterns I think some list members will enjoy this, from the NY Times today: <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/22/magazine/22birds.t.html?th&emc=th> Flight Patterns By JONATHAN ROSEN The shapes that starlings create in the skies of Rome. dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. www.BreeckerAssociates.com Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 Santa Fe: 505-690-2335
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