I heard that starlings were one of a number of species brought over to North America in the misguided attempt to have every kind of bird mentioned in the works of Shakespeare here - and that the starlings immediately bullied and chased away many of the native songbirds (that sounded much prettier). I do like their beady yellow eyes, though...
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Date: 2006-11-05 11:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-06 05:56 pm (UTC)