We use "bird/brained" as an insult / Maybe we've got that wrong. Bird brains are sophisticated high speed processors. They have to be. Birds fly. Formation flying is hard enough with nine jet aircraft. But starlings do it with millions of other birds. Let's reconsider birds' brains...
Bird Brain
Bird brains are surprisingly sophisticated and high-speed processors, capable of complex tasks such as formation flying, which is already challenging with nine jet aircraft, let alone millions of starlings.