During summer, the European starling has a yellow beak and a glossy black body with iridescence. Photo by Rhododentrites (creativecommons.org/licenses) Species ...

Winter starlings are black with white spots, but spring starlings can be brilliantly iridescent. Photo by Jeff Tome You can find birds living just about anywhere if you stop to look around for a bit, ...

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, ...

A large swarm of European Starlings banded together to create a murmuration in Murray, Utah. These birds have been sighted in Utah several times this winter. Starlings create these flocks to protect ...

Benches, plaques and even a life-size replica of a kneeling soldier at the New Mexico Veterans Memorial are covered in off-white spots. The source? European starlings, a bird native to Eurasia and ...

A murmuration, composed primarily of European starlings, swirls in synchronicity above Santa Cruz as seen from Hagar Meadow at UC Santa Cruz. These birds, occasionally joined by a few tricolor ...