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Otago Witness, Issue 3959, 28 January 1930, Page 5

A certain amateur meteorologist in Lower Hutt considers that he can foretell the morrow's weather by the previous evening’s flight of starlings. If they fly low, bad weather is ahead; if high, the reverse. Recently he was expounding his theory to a visitor and the homeward flight of the starlings was watched with interest. Presently the first batch came along, flying high. “A fine day to-mor-row,” said th'e wise one. Five minutes later a second lot of starlings put in an appearance flying very low indeed. Before the meteorologist could formulate an expression of opinion, a third lot of starlings came along at a medium height, and the visitor went home with a great admiration for the sagacity of starlings in leaving nothing to chance. But what to expect, of the weather the next day he did not know. As a matter of fact, the next day's weather was a bit of all sorts, so perhaps the starlings were right after all.