Comments on: The Patterns of Flocks in Flight http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/2010/03/the-patterns-of-flocks-in-flight/ Nourishment and inspiration for those who love the Earth Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:20:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Judy http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/2010/03/the-patterns-of-flocks-in-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-1538 Judy Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:40:53 +0000 http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/?p=2083#comment-1538 This is so very interesting; I keep rereading it, and the thoughtful comments. I have always been curious about the V-formations, how the birds maintain their flight patterns, about migrations, just how do they do it? I will view the birds with even greater admiration and wonder. Thank you both, Andy and April. This is so very interesting; I keep rereading it, and the thoughtful comments. I have always been curious about the V-formations, how the birds maintain their flight patterns, about migrations, just how do they do it? I will view the birds with even greater admiration and wonder.

Thank you both, Andy and April.

]]> By: Elizabeth Cottrell http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/2010/03/the-patterns-of-flocks-in-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-1529 Elizabeth Cottrell Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:50:02 +0000 http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/?p=2083#comment-1529 This is beautiful writing, and it conveys as perfectly as I have ever read the wonder and admiration we feel when we observe these remarkable creatures and their incredible choreography. This is beautiful writing, and it conveys as perfectly as I have ever read the wonder and admiration we feel when we observe these remarkable creatures and their incredible choreography.

]]> By: Kathy Ferger http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/2010/03/the-patterns-of-flocks-in-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-1528 Kathy Ferger Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:08:40 +0000 http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/?p=2083#comment-1528 Thanks, April and Andy, for sharing this lovely piece. I've wondered if there is any screen saver that features the patterns of flocks of birds on the wing. Thanks, April and Andy, for sharing this lovely piece. I’ve wondered if there is any screen saver that features the patterns of flocks of birds on the wing.

]]> By: Jude Pardee http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/2010/03/the-patterns-of-flocks-in-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-1527 Jude Pardee Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:28:22 +0000 http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/?p=2083#comment-1527 Daniel and I took four friends to walk in Bandelier and Tsankawi. It was sunny,warmer than predicted -- close to 60 degrees. Everywhere we walked that day we looked to the sky, responding to the creaky cries of the sandhill cranes. They were circling and swirling, apparerntly calling to other groups who materialized in two or three coiling swarms that merged into one. They rose higher and higher as they began moving northward. We truly were walking in beauty. threading our feet into the deeply worn footpaths of the ancient pueblo ancestors under the seasonal passing of the cranes. Daniel and I took four friends to walk in Bandelier and Tsankawi. It was sunny,warmer than predicted — close to 60 degrees. Everywhere we walked that day we looked to the sky, responding to the creaky cries of the sandhill cranes. They were circling and swirling, apparerntly calling to other groups who materialized in two or three coiling swarms that merged into one. They rose higher and higher as they began moving northward. We truly were walking in beauty. threading our feet into the deeply worn footpaths of the ancient pueblo ancestors under the seasonal passing of the cranes.

]]> By: nancy http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/2010/03/the-patterns-of-flocks-in-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-1526 nancy Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:32:46 +0000 http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/?p=2083#comment-1526 Thank you, Andy. I like your observations of what look like magical movements. When I lived in New York City many years ago, people used to keep flocks of pigeons in roof top cotes and would let them out for "training." Their flight, guided by the keepers, had a swooping, free-wheeling quality, very beautiful, especially in the late afternoon when the sun might catch the colors of their wings. (Pigeons are, in my opinion, an under-estimated bird.) Thank you, Andy. I like your observations of what look like magical movements. When I lived in New York City many years ago, people used to keep flocks of pigeons in roof top cotes and would let them out for “training.” Their flight, guided by the keepers, had a swooping, free-wheeling quality, very beautiful, especially in the late afternoon when the sun might catch the colors of their wings. (Pigeons are, in my opinion, an under-estimated bird.)

]]> By: Joan Brundage http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/2010/03/the-patterns-of-flocks-in-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-1525 Joan Brundage Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:54:37 +0000 http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/?p=2083#comment-1525 Thanks, April, for sharing Andy's observant nature writing. I, too, have marveled at the synchronized flight of flocks of birds. Thanks, April, for sharing Andy’s observant nature writing. I, too, have marveled at the synchronized flight of flocks of birds.

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