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, however, ...

Black birds. Good or bad? Depending on which black bird species, your answer could be yes or no … or something in between. First of all, we have to get the nomenclature straightened out so we can make ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Thick chattering flocks of European starlings are a common sight in South Florida this time of year, products of a Shakespeare fan’s long-ago folly but a hint that ...

Great efforts have been made to curtail the introduction of exotic species into the wild. One reason is because some become too successful, threatening the well-being of native species. Many plants ...

The Eastern bluebird faced extinction. Then, a couple from Brooklyn Center brought out the hammer, nails and plywood.

Although the Northern Mockingbird seems to have the most recognized reputation as a sound mimic among the songbirds, there are other songbirds (not parrots) with more expansive repertoires and several ...

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (KGO) -- If you have driven through Marin County in the past three weeks, you may have seen a spectacular sight in the sky -- thousands of starlings involved in murmurations. The ...

Taneytown residents have been splattered with it and have walked in it. But apparently there’s not enough starling guano in the area to present a health problem. “These birds are everywhere, dropping ...

This is the spectacular moment hundreds of starlings swirled together to form the shape of a bird. Roland James, 40, filmed the murmuration in Kettering, Northamptonshire, as the the starlings swooped ...