I shot thousands of pictures and had the great luck to capture the moment that the murmuration took on the shape of a large flying bird - no retouches necessary! The shape then dissipated ...

Booming bird populations are searching for more food sources in the Adelaide Hills during the drought, devastating farmers in what had been a good season.

And they swarm every boat that comes into port, festooning the rigging by the dozen like baleful Christmas ornaments. We’re used to seeing America’s national bird depicted as a majestic hero ...