High Power Convention 1
by Sarah Loft
Title
High Power Convention 1
Artist
Sarah Loft
Medium
Photograph - Photograph With Digital Enhancement And Added Texture
Description
I took this photograph one evening as I was sitting on a porch fronting one of the Hudson canals in Pasco County, Florida. I don't know what kind of birds these were, but I think starlings would be a reasonable guess.
I found a relevant question and answer in a blog by glennsbirding dated February 29, 2012 (https://gobirdingecotours.wordpress.com/2012/02/29/why-do-birds-huddle-on-power-lines/):
Why do those swarming birds (starlings?) huddle so closely together on power lines even when it’s warm?
What you’re seeing is a flocking behavior called “staging,” which happens in bird migration. Flocking offers birds protection from predators, and sitting close together, or staging, does, too. While they might not be actively migrating at the time you see them, their instinctually exhibit migratory behaviors.
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Featured in the Shadows Silhouettes And Reflections Outdoors group, November 2017.
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October 31st, 2017
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Comments (22)
Allan Van Gasbeck
Congratulations! Your outstanding artwork has been chosen as a FEATURE in the “Shadows Silhouettes and Reflections” group on Fine Art America — You are invited to post your featured image to the featured image discussion thread as a permanent place to continue to get exposure even after the image is no longer on the Home Page.
R V James
Great shots! I think the other two conventions appear to be better organized!
Sarah Loft replied:
Thank you, RV! A little chaos might not be such a bad thing at bird conventions, :)