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Many of the UK’s bird species are in serious decline, largely due to habitat destruction and the collapse of food chains ...
European starlings are one of my favorite "winter’s coming" birds. We have a couple that nest during the summer in a cavity high up in a dead poplar, but rarely see them. This time of year ...
A bird photographer in Michigan has captured dramatic footage of the moment a red-headed woodpecker found a starling in its tree trunk nest and evicted it by yanking it out.
This time, I’m introducing some of these birds beginning their nest-building in a freshly budding forest. The Chestnut-cheeked Starling got its Japanese name ’Komukudori‘ (meaning ’small Grey Starling ...
Case in point: Our home in Northbrook is now surrounded by nesting birds. These include a family of robins nesting atop a rain gutter, ... along with European starlings and pigeon.
The phenomenon can last from just a few seconds to 45 minutes, sometimes involving tens of thousands of individual birds. In Ireland, starlings’ numbers are boosted during winter, as migrating ...
European starlings are one of my favorite "winter’s coming" birds. We have a couple that nest during the summer in a cavity high up in a dead poplar, but rarely see them.