Comments on: Walking Down Vortex Street

By: Kate St. John

Kate St. John — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:20:02 +0000

Very cool, Tom. You might enjoy this video I posted in Feb 2011
http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2011/02/17/starlings-under-pressure/

I haven’t seen anything this awesome in the U.S. with starlings, though we have them.

By: Tom Briscombe

Tom Briscombe — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 20:05:06 +0000

Speaking of ‘Walking Down Vortex Street’……It has reminded me of the many forms that Starlings take when flocking at Sunset, looking for a roost.

The collective noun for this activity is a Mumuration of Starlings… By the very nature of this swirling, I have often thought that a Vortex of Starlings might be more descriptive.

The image below of Starlings over Rome, starts to illustrate this pattern…

Enjoy
Tom

http://www.tera-form.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Starlings-Flock.jpg

By: CarrolltonOh

CarrolltonOh — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 04:09:38 +0000

I learned something new today….Thank You Kate!

By: George Bercik

George Bercik — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:24:50 +0000

Kate: You impress me more every day. You could have been a physicist. Vortex technology is utilized in mining engieering,especially dealing in ventilation issues.

By: Gene

Gene — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:25:45 +0000

Very cool,

The Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed the same year it was constructed and they believe possibly because of the resonance of the vortices you describe.

Very powerful they can be.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacoma_Narrows_Bridge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-zczJXSxnw

Gene