1,200 Starlings Extend Their Stay, Visit Campus Buildings Today

1,200 visiting starlings, obviously enjoying their stay in Hyde Park, extended their visit for another day today, Monday November 26th.

The flock (also called a murmuration) spent midday on top of George Herbert Jones Laboratory; Kent Chemical Laboratory; Edward H. Levi Hall; and Burton-Judson Courts. Each stop is pictured above, by my photographs.

Most (but not all) U of Chicago students who walked under the starlings on their way from lunch to class, were involved in their usual activities and did not notice the starlings!