When first observing these fast flying Starlings I didn't realize that other species such as red-winged blackbirds, grackles,and house sparrows were also with them. They look a little scary to me. It's a shame the other little guys are afraid to feed.
You get enough of them on a suet cage and it's gone in one afternoon.
The only bird who's not afraid of them is our red-bellied woodpecker. And of course their buddies. Seeing them in large numbers...I always think of Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 movie "The Birds".
The European Starling, also known as the Common Starling, is native to Eurasia.
In 1890, sixty birds were released in Central Park and 40 more in 1891 thanks to Eugene Scheiffelin who desired to introduce all birds ever mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare to the United States.
When I was at a unique garden center this past summer the owner gave me this seed and all I can remember is that he said some people who bought it were able to get it to germinate. My guess is that it's from sometime big and tropical.
Thanks for any help.
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