Flocking Amazing


[The image quality isn't fantastic, but you might enjoy watching this full-screen.]

I was mesmerized by the patterns these black skimmers made as they rose, fell, grouped, and regrouped. I was equally amazed that no one else seemed to be paying them the slightest attention.

Black Skimmers, Anastasia Beach, St. Augustine, FL

The shapes made against the sky reminded me of grass-writing (sousho), the loose, improvisational style of calligraphy used in some Japanese scrolls.


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