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Swarming starlings

In Rome, yellow-legged gulls also adapt their behaviour to feed on a swarm. As 10 million starlings stream into the city to roost, they outnumber the human residents four to one. Each year these common garden birds of northern Europe take a winter break in the warmer south.

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