Jason Weisberger is Boing Boing's publisher. He often does what he ought, instead of what he should. On instagram and twitter he is @jlw

  • Rich Keller

    My God. It’s full of starlings.

  • http://twitter.com/KathleenEntwist Kali Kare

    Where was this taken?  This is incredible!

    • howaboutthisdangit

      From a reply at the Vimeo link: “In Marseille, France. At the airport of Provence.”

      I’ve seen similar things in autumn/early winter in the Midwestern U.S.  It is truly astounding to see such an aerial right over your (protected) head.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=647676095 Tawn Gillihan

    I live near Modesto, CA and we can see this downtown most any evening. It truly is an incredible sight, people will stop walking or even pull over to the curb to get out and watch the flight. It’s called a ‘mummeration’.

    • Logolepsy

      Murmuration.

  • David Prentiss

    Anyone recognize the music? It sounds like the Incredible String Band.

    • Photomonkey

      I don’t know the song, but I think that’s gotta be Devendra Banhart.

      • steve freistadt

        it’s alt-j. i believe it’s the hidden track off their album called ‘handmade’.

  • jimkirk

    In the 1800s Passenger Pigeons could darken the skies from horizon to horizon.  Beautiful fluid dynamics.

    • Antinous / Moderator

      When you say “fluid dynamics”, are you referring to passenger pigeon poop whitening the land from horizon to horizon?

  • http://www.kmoser.com kmoser

    That is flocking awesome.

  • carlogesualdodivenosa

    Avian lava lamp.

    That made me wonder if the inventor of the lava lamp was inspired by the shapes of nature: turns out he might have been in a rather unexpected way, because I just found out he was a naturist.  Thank you, internet.

  • fredges

    Geez, I wash my car and this happens! (Bad place to be a bug…)

  • http://noctilucent-studios.blogspot.com/ Noctilucent Studios

    Gorgeous. I have always loved seeing this particular part of the multi-verse. 

  • steve freistadt

    kinda wish they had put andrew bird to it, since his initials are a bird

    • robotnik

      You just want them to put a bird on it!