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 ...

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 ...

One theory is that individual birds follow their neighbors' lead. There are nearly 120 species of starlings. You can find multiple starling species within the same murmuration. During murmuration ...