Starlings in fall and winter are mostly black but often have white speckles all over them, especially noticeable close up. Starlings generally aren’t a problem at bird feeders, at least not the ...

They are with us year-round, as are common grackles, brown-headed cow birds and the only alien in the black bird world — the European starling. They make up 95 percent of the huge flocks that ...

This pretty bird with white speckles is a common starling. It has been introduced to several countries of the world, but is native to Europe and western Asia. It is often viewed as an unwanted guest.

Getting in a flap: Nesting birds evicted from their home by bully boy starlings. By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Updated: 04:10 EDT, 28 March 2011 ...

Starlings are migratory birds that sport black feathers with a purply-green sheen and speckled with white in the winter. Come autumn, they leave their breeding grounds in Northern Europe and fly ...

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 ...

This photo was taken near my birdfeeder Dec. 6, 2013, after an early winter snowstorm. The bird is a native to Europe and western Asia. It is called the European starling or "common starling." The ...

I was hosing bird droppings—a staggeringly copious amount of them—off my front stoop when I saw one author of the mess parked on a powerline above my house. In rapid succession, pitch-perfect ...

Big foot-long, black grackles and small bluebird-size , glossy-black starlings have become abundant in urban areas across Texas. The Theater District in Houston is full of them, and so is the ...