“European starlings have a way of appearing in unexpected places — the United States, for example, where they are not native but owe their origin to a brief reference in Shakespeare’s “Henry IV, Part 1.” In 1890, a drug manufacturer who wanted every bird found in Shakespeare to live in America released 60 starlings in Central Park.”
Starling swarms are one of my favorite things on this planet.
Picture by Richard Barnes. Full text by Jonathan Rosen here.
