It’s not uncommon for still, silent winter landscapes to be suddenly disrupted by distant birdcalls. Within moments, half a dozen kinds of birds appear, flitting among tree branches, climbing up ...

Mixed-species bird flocks are dynamic assemblages observed across a range of forest ecosystems, from tropical rainforests to temperate woodlands. These flocks, formed by a diversity of species, are ...

It’s a mesmerizing sight: Thousands of birds move in unison through the evening sky, whirling and swooping as if performing a highly synchronized ballet. When they finally descend to their treetop ...

Greenberg, Russell S. 2001. "Birds of many feathers: the formation and structure of mixed species flocks of forest birds." In On the move: how and why animals travel in groups. Boinski, S. and Garber, ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why do flocks of birds swoop and swirl together ...

Like the collective motions of bird flocks, the patterns result from the concerted interactions of many individual particles without a central coordinator. Credit: Wikipedia. Like the collective ...