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Xavi Bou - Ornitographies

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    Last December, Xavi Bou captured starling murmurations in northern Spain for his continuing series *Ornitographies.* 
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    As Bou photographed the birds each evening, a falcon would inevitably show up and attack the flock. 
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    Murmurations can contain millions of birds. 
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    Murmurations are so named because of the low, fluttering sounds the birds' wings make.  
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    The birds move in astounding unison, with each mimicking the movements of six or seven neighbors. 
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    Bou filmed the birds at sunset, as they returned to the marsh to roost after feeding in nearby fields. 
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    “I'm obsessed with visualizing the beauty of natural movement,” Bou says. 
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