I would gladly have all of our Starlings shipped back to England, if it could only be done!

Barry Ulman
Bellingham, WA.


On Nov 7, 2011, at 9:09 AM, Mike Munts wrote:

> An impressive flock. This is clearly a huge flock. The video is
> apparently from Great Britain where starlings are a native species of
> concern. According to the species account on BBC Nature
> (http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/European_Starling) they have
> declined 92% in the last couple of decades. To put this in perspective
> all starlings in North America are descended from introductions from
> England, yet they are probably more starlings in Idaho than in all of
> Great Britain now. From what I have seen coming from the BOU?s
> starling working group this may be the last mega flock left in Britain
> which I understand is reported to winter on the Scottish coast which
> is certainly consistent with the background to this video.
>
> Mike Munts
> Colville
>