I was hosing bird droppings—a staggeringly copious amount of them—off my front stoop when I saw one author of the mess parked ...

Widespread and abundant in much of North America, the introduced European starling is arguably ... Juvenile: distinctive; dark gray-brown feathering all over. Birds begin a complete molt into ...

He noted that his publication of the entire series – which includes 26 individual images – shows how the birds swarmed into formation. The British Natural History Museum describes a starling ...

HIH Princess Takamado shares photos of this charming species at the beginning of the northern hemisphere’s spring nesting ...

Conservationists are concerned as the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch results for 2025 show the ‘charismatic’ birds sliding down the rankings.

The starling has emerged as the UK's garden bird champion, taking top spot in the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch, it was announced today. But the survey found that the number of starlings has ...

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 ...

Karen Brown witnessed the breathtaking sight ... By flying together in the sky, creating a moving mass of birds, the starlings can confuse potential predatory species and make it harder for ...

Such is the paradox of disgust and delight that frays our relationship with this portly, greasy-greenish-black bird. Mike Stark’s “Starlings: The Curious Odyssey of a Most Hated Bird” is a ...