Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Flying Immigrants Named After Stars



Big flocks of Starlings are fairly common this time of year. All of them are descendants of birds released in Central Park, New York City, by a group that wanted every bird named in Shakespeare’s sonnets to be found in that Park.  

Starlings are named after the iridescent star pattens that speckle their mostly-black plumage.   See >> https://terriermandotcom.blogspot.com/2005/01/shakespeare-in-park.html for a bit more info.

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