Mozart had a number of pets over the course of his short life, but one stands out above all the others: his pet starling. The bird first attracted Mozart's attention in May of 1784 when he heard it ...

Experts say pet birds only mimic the sounds of human speech, but Patti Kearney thinks her starling, Murray the Bird, may have taken it a step further. The Ocean City resident, who raised Murray from ...

Most people probably wouldn't think of cats and birds together as a match made in heaven: after all, one is a predator, the other is prey. But there are exceptions to every rule, and the unusually ...

Patti Kearney was driving with her pet starling, Murray, through her hometown of Linwood when she was stopped at a police checkpoint looking for infractions such as cell phone use and not wearing a ...

At a recent gathering of retired teachers at Mauer Brother's tavern in Elba, a friend showed me a picture of Lyanda Lynn Haupt's book "Mozart's Starling." Starlings are an invasive bird that has ...

Nobody, but nobody, likes the European starling. As Lyanda Lynn Haupt puts it in the first pages of “Mozart’s Starling”: “In conservation circles, starlings are easily the most despised birds in all ...

Naturalist and author Lyanda Lynn Haupt took her research on Mozart to a whole new level when she invited a young starling into her home. How Do You Bond With Mozart? Adopt A Starling When beginning a ...