Subject: "Starling Day"
Date: Mar 17 20:04:29 2000
From: MBlanchrd at aol.com - MBlanchrd at aol.com


In a message dated 03/17/2000 1:11:07 PM Pacific Standard Time,
wagen13 at yahoo.com writes:

<< Hard to imagine a composer keeping a pet starling. Maybe the accent of
the starling in Europe is less abrasive!

===== >>
Nope, they're the same bird. No difference whatsoever. (I lived in Europe for
almost eight years). A starling in Olympia sounds like a starling in
Kaiserslautern sounds like a starling in Saudi Arabia (yep, they're there,
too, along with House sparrows).

Michelle
MBlanchrd at aol.com
Oly, WA