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 ...

The reference to the starling in Shakespeare’s "Henry IV" refers to the potential speaking ability of the bird. Hotspur says, “I’ll have a starling shall be taught to speak nothing but ...

Mike Stark’s “Starlings: The Curious Odyssey of a Most Hated Bird” is a meticulously researched account of the collision of starlings and humans, starting with the species’ deliberate 1877 ...

Starlings generally aren’t a problem at bird feeders, at least not the giant flocks of 500 or 1,000. Starlings have rather stubby tails and yellow beaks in summer.

At the end of summer, dark clouds of birds swarm over some Washington neighborhoods. At night, these flocks of European starlings -- hundreds of them -- cover the tree branches.

Starlings are one of the world’s commonest bird species, but Rome stands out in Europe as one of their primary gathering points. The starlings have been migrating here annually since the 1920s ...

Murmuration refers to the phenomenon that results when hundreds, sometimes thousands, of starlings fly in swooping, intricately coordinated patterns through the sky. Maybe you've seen a ...

According to this account, these 40-plus birds gave rise to all of the starlings found in our backyards today. However, recent research has suggested that this story might not be accurate.

Mike Stark’s “Starlings: The Curious Odyssey of a Most Hated Bird” is a meticulously researched account of the collision of starlings and humans, starting with the species’ deliberate 1877 ...