Such is the paradox of disgust and delight that frays our relationship with this portly, greasy-greenish-black bird. Mike Stark’s “Starlings ... On the North Island brown kiwi Mr. Kracht ...

Widespread and abundant in much of North America, the introduced European starling is arguably ... very different from summer birds. On freshly molted birds, black plumage has white spots all ...

“Starlings: the Curious Odyssey of a Most Hated Bird” by Mike Stark, Bison Books, 272 pages, $24.95 (paperback). Mike Stark is a Tucson-based journalist and writer whose previous ...