Cooper’s professional background in physics and bioinformatics—a data science applied to biological systems—led her to study of the dynamics of networks. She uses a 19th-century photographic technique called chronophotography to reveal what she describes as “the robustness of self-organised systems in nature.”
Complexities of Starling Murmurations
Neat pix of murmurations.
Red-winged black bird murmurations above the sandhill cranes, snow geese and ducks
I’ve never seen anything like this. Camera and words don’t really do it justice.I spent two evenings watching this so apologies in advance for the way this is temporarily going to be a sandhill crane and red winged blackbird feed.Kyle O’Donnell— at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge.
Bonus pix.
I can’t find it off Facebook but I love this video of Sandhills coming in to feed. The screenshot gives an idea.