Backyard Starlings

Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds. The starling species familiar to most people in Europe and North America is the European Starling. Starlings have strong feet, their flight is strong and direct, and they are very gregarious. Their preferred habitat is fairly open country, and they eat insects and fruit. Plumage is typically dark with a metallic sheen. Most species nest in holes, laying blue or white eggs. Many Asian species, particularly the larger ones, are called mynas, and many African species are known as glossy starlings because of their iridescent plumage. This sound uses the following sound file from Freesound (http://www.freesound.org): garden in the city.wav by inchadney