I don't get too many starlings (or grackles or English sparrows) here in the woods, but occasionally a few will stop in during migration.
In 1877 "drug manufacturer Eugene Schieffelin became president of the American Acclimatization Society, a group of idealists who saw it as their calling to “improve” North America by releasing “such foreign varieties of the animal and vegetable kingdom as may be useful or interesting.” And for some unfathomable reason, Schieffelin’s particular brand of acclimatization included the bringing into the U.S.A. of every bird ever mentioned in Shakespeare’s works."
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I always think that Starlings are appropriately named because it looks like they are covered in stars!
@shasta created a banner for the Feathered Friends Community and with 
@bashadow's help getting the passwords sorted, I finally was able to get the banner and the icon put in place last night. Go check it out, and while you are there join us if you haven't already and scroll through and spread some votes around on some of the incredible posts that are there!
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