— unpredictable thoughts

The New York Times is fea­tur­ing a won­der­ful pre­sen­ta­tion and essay about the pat­terns of Star­lings in Rome. The images remind me of draw­ings many, many lit­tle marks to cre­ate the visual pattern.

It feels a bit like watch­ing X Files.

from The New York Times:

More and more, as sur­round­ing habi­tat is flat­tened, we may find frag­ments of the wild world com­ing home, lit­er­ally, to roost. The abun­dance of star­lings in Rome is partly the result of cli­mate change — they used to go far­ther south before Roman win­ters warmed up. Bird-watching thrives on the recog­ni­tion that the urban and the wild must be under­stood together. We are, after all, urban and wild our­selves, and still fig­ur­ing out how to make the mul­ti­ple aspects of our nature mesh with­out disaster.

The series of pho­tographs in the mul­ti­me­dia pre­sen­ta­tion puts me in an altered state.

Point your browser to link below.

Birds — Euro­pean Star­lings — Rome — Richard Barnes — Jonathan Rosen — New York Times

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