[FRIAM] Flocking

[Robert Cordingley]

Really impressive.  A while ago my daily commute took me out past the 
rice fields south of Houston.  Once a year we would see migrating 'rice 
birds' in a 'contiguous' tube-like flock stretching from one horizon to 
another while rising above the hedge rows.  (But that was before digital 
cameras.)  The flock might drift from side to side but the birds just 
kept on coming and coming and coming.  These flocks too showed a sharp 
boundary between relatively evenly spaced birds to none.  What's the 
story behind boundary effects/observations I wonder.

Douglas Roberts wrote:
> I know you FRIAM'ers are fond of flocking behavior:
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> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8761390434094738310&pr=goog-sl 
> <http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8761390434094738310&pr=goog-sl>
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