Brilliant Photos of Swarming Birds

I guess sometimes even birds want to be other things, and what better way to achieve this than to swarm in particularly impressive ways!

Take, for example, these birds who are trying to be other animals. The first pic is stunning of flamingos making a flamingo shape.

Or perhaps just birds wanting to smile and show they have had a good day / successful flight.

… or just generally playing around doing cool stuff…

… or scaring pilots: