I am reflecting on this and life etc when I notice
Mr Wikipedia asserts that flocking behaviors are controlled by three simple rules:
Separation - avoid crowding neighbors (short range repulsion)So there you go. However, I'm not sure I would be able to solve, continuously, 3 similtaneous differential equations while flying 30 metres (variable) above the ground.
Alignment - steer towards average heading of neighbors
Cohesion - steer towards average position of neighbors (long range attraction)
A nice touch in the description of blackbirds - squawking like enraged Ayatollahs.
(Is that not a touch perjorative... Ed?)
To a blackbird, possibly, but you are looking at a man who has enjoyed two filums in the last 24 hours, Dr Zhivago and Brooklyn and who's peace and equilibrium are not to be shifted!
