European Starling

Strafing Starlings and Callery Pears
Starling
boggs.47@osu.edu Tue, 11/14/2023 - 18:10
During a recent Sunday drive, my wife and I came across a dramatic display of the fruitful connection between European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris, family Sturnidae) and Callery Pears (Pyrus calleryana, family Rosaceae). The lead image needs no label.
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Joe Boggs

Mesmerizing Murmuration

European Starlings
I’m not a fan of the Common (European) Starling (Sturnus vulgaris). They have long served as one of the many cautionary tales that illustrate the negative impacts of introducing non-native fauna into the U.S. Starlings are also notorious for their sudden appearances in huge numbers that evoke Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 film, The Birds.
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