Design
Tracking the Flight Paths of Birds
The chaotic order of nature's social networks.
We've seen a few efforts to visualize airplane flight paths around the U.S. and the world. But Dennis Hlynsky, a film and animation professor at Rhode Island School of Design, has been tracing the flight paths of birds.
Hlynsky does most of his filming in Providence, Rhode Island, where he's based. He explains via email that because of the brief time these animals assemble - swallows, starlings, and crows congregate for about 15 minutes during sunsets - it's easier to shoot locally.