A whale of a murmuration with a raptor on its tail
The Starlings are gathering at the Lago di Alviano and they’re swirling overhead. One moment they’re a tight, dark ball, the next they’re spread wide and thin across the darkening sky:
![Lago di Alviano - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Lago-di-Alviano-The-Hall-of-Einar-9228-725x483.jpg)
I can see a larger bird near them. Here, it’s on their right and above:
![Lago di Alviano - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Lago-di-Alviano-The-Hall-of-Einar-9219-725x483.jpg)
I wonder if it’s a Sparrowhawk or a Peregrine or some other raptor.
![Lago di Alviano - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Lago-di-Alviano-The-Hall-of-Einar-9218-725x483.jpg)
As the Starlings form a murmuration the size and shape of a whale, I can see it on their tail:
![Lago di Alviano - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Lago-di-Alviano-The-Hall-of-Einar-9213-725x483.jpg)
Imagine being faced with just so many dinners, all at once.