European starlings are one of my favorite "winter’s coming" birds. We have a couple that nest during the summer in a cavity high up in a dead poplar, but rarely see them. This time of year, however, ...
A shape-shifting flock of thousands of starlings, called a murmuration, is amazing to see. As many as 750,000 birds join together in flight. The birds spread out and come together. The flock splits ...
YAKIMA, Wash. - Whenever I see a tight mass of hundreds, or even thousands of European starlings zip by in formation, my reaction is predictable. So is my inevitable observation: "There goes another ...