European Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

In this video, we learn about the common starling.

European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Montrose, MN
12/11/2022
There was a huge group of them in park behind my house this fall in mid October. Since there is a small flock I see, nearly daily, in the tree tops of my surrounding neighbors.
Video by Mandi Lynn

Uploaded on Mar 8, 2011

Estornino (Sturnus vulgaris)

Published on Dec 11, 2012

An honest inspection of one of the most disliked bird species in North America, the Eurasian Starling.

Info on the current chair of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, Christopher Leahy (and a few other birders): http://www.massaudubon.org/NH_Travel/leaders.php

In case the credits went too quickly, here are the acknowledgements (helpful texts that gave me information about starlings):

Dunn, Robert R. 2006. The Pigeon Paradox: Dependence of Global Conservation on Urban Nature. Conservation Biology, Volume 20: 1814--1816.

Johnson, Ron J. 1994. European Starlings. The Handbook: Prevention and Control of Wildlife Damage. Prevention and Control of Wildlife Damage.

Linz, George M. 2007. European Starlings: A Review of an Invasive Species with Far-reaching Impacts. Managing Vertebrate Invasive Species: Proceedings of an International Symposium.

Nicholas Komar. 1999. Eastern equine encephalitis virus in birds: relative competence of European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). Am J Trop Med Hyg.; Volume 60(3): 387-91.

Thorpe, John. 1998. Review of 100 Years of Military and Civilian Bird Strikes. Proceedings of the International Seminar on Birds and Flight Safety in the Middle East.

White, Randolph. 2005. Compressed Air, Wooden Clappers, and Other Non-Traditional Methods for Dispersing European Starlings from an Urban Roost. Proceedings of the 11th Wildlife Damage Management Conference.

Thanks for watching!

Published on Apr 6, 2012

Common Starling or European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) / Star

Uploaded on May 17, 2011

A family of European starlings is bathing. Young starlings just started flying from the nest. After a parent showed how to bath babies started bathing very carefully. Three young starlings have different personalities and courage. The bravest one (with a pine needle on the back) tries to fight with two adults (at the end of the movie).

The movie was taken with Canon Powershot SD970 IS.

San Francisco Bay Area.

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