A few minutes ago I was standing in my driveway and saw some birds overhead in typical V migration formation. They were loud, and beautiful, so I watched for a moment. They were joined by a couple of other groups and they formed a large circle, then seemed to get back somewhat in formation and flew south, then they all turned and flew north, but they didn't seem to be too sure of it. Quite a few were stragglers then decided to follow.
I thought the flying north was odd so I waited a couple of minutes to see if they'd return. And they did, flying south, but in a ragged, straggly formation. And then they turned again and flew north, again with some lagging behind and no regular formation.
My bare feet were cold so I went inside. I don't know if the birds turned around to go south again or not. But I hope they know what they're doing. This is the first time I've seen a dissonance like that, with the changing directions and some birds seeming not to want to follow but eventually going with the group.
I thought the flying north was odd so I waited a couple of minutes to see if they'd return. And they did, flying south, but in a ragged, straggly formation. And then they turned again and flew north, again with some lagging behind and no regular formation.
My bare feet were cold so I went inside. I don't know if the birds turned around to go south again or not. But I hope they know what they're doing. This is the first time I've seen a dissonance like that, with the changing directions and some birds seeming not to want to follow but eventually going with the group.