Starlings: The Curious Odyssey of a Most Hated Bird

Starlings: The Curious Odyssey of a Most Hated BirdWritten by Mike Stark, Creative Director at the Center for Biological Diversity. Has there ever been a more hated bird than the European starling? Let loose in New York Citys Central Park by a misguided aristocrat, the starlings were supposed to help curb insect outbreaks and add to the tuneful choir of other songbirds. Rather than staying put, the dark and speckled starlings marched across the continent like a conquering army. In less than sixty

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the dark and speckled starlings marched across the continent like a conquering army

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