“It looked like a gigantic bird,” James, one of the photographers, said. Starlings are unmistakably seen at Lough Ennell, near Mullingar in County Westmeath. Ireland is a natural wonderland, whose beauty we can appreciate due to two photographers, Colin Hogg and James Crombie.
These two photographers recorded the moment a big swarm of starlings morphed into what everyone thought was a massive bird flying over a lake. One of the people that captured this scene was James. At the Irish Press Photographers Association Awards, he was selected Photographer of the Year. He stated that he had been hunting for something great for months and that it had finally paid off.
His picture was featured on the front page of the Irish Times. Colin, an eager photographer who works in the geophysics branch of the Dublin Institute of Advanced Technology, was another person who observed it.
“Such a magnificent sight, so near to home,” he remarked. What causes such an occurrence? Small birds that congregate in such groupings assure their survival. Peregrine falcons, for example, have a considerably more difficult time shooting and capturing someone in a pack. Another reason for flock formation is that it keeps them warm at night and allows them to communicate information about food locations. Up to 100,000 starlings congregate in certain flocks.
Simply amazing. It was a fantastic effort by the photographers.
