copying other birds and even non-bird sounds. Starling songs can include many different sounds, like warbles, whistles, purrs, rattles, trills, screams, and chirps. They can mimic and imitate at ...

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 ...

Starlings generally aren’t a problem at bird feeders, at least not the giant ... me posted on observations and comments via text or call on my cell at 585-813-2676.

One appealing feature of starlings is that they are superb mimics of bird songs as well as other animal sounds and mechanical noises. Some of the more intriguing sounds reportedly imitated by ...

Starlings' calls and song are very varied and they are excellent mimics including man-made sounds. There are two main types of bird call: the contact call and the alarm call. An example of the ...

The flock shows what physicists call scale-free correlations ... On both continents, the commonest birds have suffered some of the greatest losses. Starlings illustrate the stakes of this decline.

The starling has emerged as the UK's garden bird champion, taking top spot in ... To take part in the survey call the RSPB's sparrow hotline on 0870 601 0215, or write to RSPB, Sparrowatch 2003 ...

One of Britain’s most majestic creatures, starlings are easily distinguished by their dark, incandescent plumage and range of tonal bird calls. However, if certain steps aren’t taken to ...

Such is the paradox of disgust and delight that frays our relationship with this portly, greasy-greenish-black bird. Mike Stark’s “Starlings: The Curious Odyssey of a Most Hated Bird” is a ...