Otters and Science News: STUNNING IMAGES OF 'GREEN TORNADO' OF 80,000 BUDGIES FLYING OVER AN AUSTRALIAN WATERHOLE - See also huge dark clouds of birds flying over Israel, as at least half a billion of them follow their migration routes twice a year

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Breathtaking photos by British photographer Paul Williams show 80,000 budgies form a 'green tornado' as they flock over a waterhole in the Australian outback

Stunning photographs have emerged of the dazzling moment tens of thousands of budgies are tornadoing through the sky in a vivid spectacle.

See more images of these budgies, as well as amazing pictures of strange patterns made by millions of birds on migrating routes over Israel and WATCH VIDEO.

The budgies - a small, long-tailed, seed-eating parrot or parakeet - flocked in droves to brighten up the sky as a tornado descended in desperate search for scarce water in the heart of the country.

British photographer Paul Williams - producer and director at the BBC Natural History Unit - was treated to a mesmerising display, with the murmuration of birds creating breathtaking patterns above a shrinking waterhole in the Australian outback.

Source
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3451068/80-000-budgies-form-tornado-waterhole-Australian-outback.html

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