European Starling (also called common starling) are originally from Europe and East Asia. In the early 1890s a flock of 100 birds was intentionally introduced in New York City’s Central Park.

European starlings also have high movement rates, attributed to their strong flying ability; they can migrate distances of 1,000-1,500 km. This enabled them to reach a variety of environments, ...

This Dec. 3, 2024, murmuration in Hagerstown was most likely European starlings evading a predator, likely a hawk, according to Potomac Audubon spokesperson Ellen Kinzer.

And the European Starling is a common sight in Brooklyn. So far this year there have been 5,318 European Starling sightings in Brooklyn Bridge Park and 27,470 in Prospect Park.

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.

There are two ways to deter European Starlings: use safflower seed, which has a hard shell that the starlings cannot crack, or use a caged feeder that does not allow the larger European Starlings in.

European starlings grow white-tipped feathers at certain times of the year. ©YouTube/Sarah Tidwell. In the early 1890s, some fans of William Shakespeare brought about 100 European starlings to ...

A European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) in spring plumage. Photo: imageBROKER/Karl Kern. I was hosing bird droppings—a staggeringly copious amount of them—off my front stoop when I saw one ...

This Dec. 3, 2024, murmuration in Hagerstown was most likely European starlings evading a predator, likely a hawk, according to a Potomac Audubon rep.