In 1973 I was a Medic in the 101st Airborne Division stationed at Ft Campbell, Kentucky. Out by the airfield on the post were fields that looked just like the ones in this video. The fields were populated with flocks of Starlings that as I recall numbered in the millions. At the time there was an on going war to eradicate them because obviously they were a hazard to aircraft operations. I ran across this video that brought back the memories. This flock is estimated to be 300,000. The flocks that I remember were twice or three times the size. If you were standing on the edge of the field when the took off the blocked out the sun.
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