Birding St. Marks NWR #1 Swallow Murmuration!

It was an amazing birding experience watching this massive flock of tree swallows gathering at dusk before going to roost in the East River Pool reed beds at St. Marks NWR.

This phenomenon is known as a Murmuration!

Thanks for watching.
00:00 Introduction
00:10 Tree swallows start to form large swirling flock
00:22 Slowly circling against a beautiful pink/purple sunset!
00:34 Swooping and circling
00:44 Too many to count!
01:09 Looks like black smoke
01:20 They start to form a tornado-like ribbon as they drop down
01:34 Beautiful reflection

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