Reflections in Nature: We’re often in awe of synchronized bird moves
I watched as the flock of starlings flew overhead, doing aerobatic movements, dipping, diving, twisting and turning in unison. I have always wondered how they keep from running into each other. I once read in a Missouri Conservation Magazine that a tight flock of birds is called a creche. Since I had never heard this usage of the word, I checked the dictionary, where I read that the definition for creche was the representation of the Nativity scene; and chiefly British, a foundling hospital or a day nursery. Then, I looked for the word creche in my Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North ...
