European Starling

The European Starling is a rather common bird and is the least of our concern. With it's glossy black feathers with a purple-greenish iridescent color to to them, both sexes are the same height, length, and wingspan. Both of the parents stay with the egg and incubates the egg until it hatches. The egg process can take up to 12 days.Starlings like to eat almost any thing, from things like insects garbage, fruits and plants like sumac. They were brought to us by Shakespearean enthusiast in the nineteenth century who really admired their great mimicking ability. These birds are everywhere throughout the United States and some parts of Canada. The adults like to migrate 40 degrees north  while the younger ones like to migrate to the south. In the winter, their black (summer) feathers molt and are replaced with brown feathers with white dots. Most like to spend their day sitting on a wire or in a tree making weird noises,