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This a species of starling that lives throughout Japan. It looks like a sparrow and it’s so cute.

Some astonishing video images were recently posted on various social media networks (SNS) that has a lot of online viewers interested about the dynamic and graceful movements of a flock of starlings flying through the air!

Aerial beauty created by a flying predator!

These astonishing video images were taken a national park located in the region of Catalonia in Spain!

Here is a flock of starlings flying through the air!

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When a solitary falcon approaches the flock the large numbers of starlings instantly react!

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The flock simultaneously starts to move in multiple directions to confuse the predator and evade attack!

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This movement is so surreal that it actually looks like a computer generated (CG) effect!

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The flock then splits into two groups moving in opposite directions!

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Wow! It is such a graceful set of aerial maneuvers by these tiny birds that really defy description!

Please take a look and watch the extended video below.

See Video Here

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What did you think?

These series of movements appear to be a strategy to avoid attack by aerial predators and it was ultimately successful!