Mur-mur-a-tion noun 1. A flock of starlings . 2 The action of murmuring "the murmuration of a flock of warblers”
Augury Augury is the practice from ancient Roman religion of interpreting omens from the observed flight of birds. When the individual, known as the augur, interpreted these signs, it is referred to as “taking auspices”. “Auspicies” is from the Latin auspicium and auspex, literally “one who looks at bird”.