CBC Nova Scotia1d ago
Large crowd flocks to Goodwood goose call contest
Waterfowl hunters went head-to-head in the Halifax area on Saturday to prove who could best mimic the natural sounds of geese. The CBC's Molly MacNaughton was there.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7129771?cmp=rss
N-gated Hacker NewsMar 8
🐦🤖 Ah, "Neural Boids," because what the world really needed was a deep dive into AI-driven #flocks of pixels. Cam Pedersen heroically tackles the existential crisis of digital noids, proving once and for all that even computers can have a midlife crisis. 🙄🚀
https://campedersen.com/noid #NeuralBoids #AI #DigitalNoids #MidlifeCrisis #TechInnovation #HackerNews #ngated
Noids

Those aren't boids. I'm calling them noids - neural boids. No hand-written rules. A small neural network takes in what each agent can see and outputs a steering

Flipturns 🏊‍♀️ 📷 🦋Mar 6
Why do #crows always stick together in #flocks? They have velcrow. Why don’t #birds ever get speeding tickets? Because they always fly under the radar. What’s the ocean bird’s favorite book? Seagulliver’s Travels. What bird is always depressed? A: A bluebird. #FlyDay #Funnies4Friday #Feathers
News BeepDec 14

Pastures Past: How ticks tormented early farmers, their flocks and herds

In 1894, the New Zealand Mail quoted an Australian expert who said, “It has been said that ‘one…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #and #Articles #back #day #early #farmers #farming #flocks #found #herds #how #look #NewZealand #newspaper #NZ #ormond #past #pastures #shes #tackling #takes #their #this #Ticks #topic #tormented #weeks #World
https://www.newsbeep.com/308526/

FreshOutMagDec 10
#haiku by new contributor, M. R. Pelletier. M. R. Pelletier lives in Kansas, but his haiku #poetry travels the world. #poetrylovers #flocks #poetrycommunity #fields #kansas #micropoetry
Show threadTHECHEATCODE™Jul 27, 2025
✔️. The girls in Korea are not dumb, they know what they are Doing. They know Rosé is the only one with a chance.
✔️. Koreagirls are mostly Pokkes and they are known to be evil, in #Flocks.
✔️. Pokkes are extremely Loyal to their "Race" and Rosé is Korean.
#ERGO: Rosé is not telling them to Sabotage, but she's like their "Queen" she's their "Taylor Swift"
American NaturalistApr 22, 2025

Why do birds of different feather flock together?
Bharadwaj et al. discover novel patterns of inter-individual association in Himalayan mixed-species bird flocks, and highlight the importance of individual-level studies to understand MSF formation.
Read now!
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/735017

#birds #Himalayan #flocks #mixedSpeciesFlocks

GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦Mar 28, 2025

What The Flock? Birds Perform Intricate Aerial Ballets In Winter - But We're Not Sure Why

"During winter, European starlings perform intricate aerial maneuvers called 'murmurations' at dusk -- but scientists aren't sure why"

by @grrlscientist via #Substack

murmurations #flocks #starlings #birds #SciComm https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/what-the-flock-birds-perform-intricate

What The Flock? Birds Perform Intricate Aerial Ballets In Winter - But We're Not Sure Why

During the winter, European starlings perform intricate aerial maneuvers called 'murmurations' at dusk -- and scientists aren't sure why.

Words About Birds
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ Mar 28, 2025

What The Flock? Birds Perform Intricate Aerial Ballets In Winter - But We're Not Sure Why

"During winter, European starlings perform intricate aerial maneuvers called 'murmurations' at dusk -- but scientists aren't sure why"

by @GrrlScientist via #Substack

murmurations #flocks #starlings #birds #SciComm https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/what-the-flock-birds-perform-intricate

What The Flock? Birds Perform Intricate Aerial Ballets In Winter - But We're Not Sure Why

During the winter, European starlings perform intricate aerial maneuvers called 'murmurations' at dusk -- and scientists aren't sure why.

Words About Birds
Vero Balderas IglesiasFeb 5, 2025
The latest outbreak of #birdflu is wiping out #chicken #flocks and driving higher prices for #eggs in the #UnitedStates. While #retailers and #consumers are feeling the pinch, but at least one small #farmer sees an opportunity – if he can get his hands on some healthy chickens. Watch: https://www.voanews.com/a/bird-flu-pushes-egg-prices-up-us-retailers-consumers-worry/7963671.html #H5N1 #AvianInfluenza
Bird flu pushes egg prices up; US retailers, consumers worry

As the price of eggs continues to rise across the United States, due to a bird flu outbreak causing high mortality in flocks, some Americans are changing their consumption habits.

Voice of America