elodieunderglass:

angelsintheslips:

thecringeandwincefactory:

ostdrossel:

Starlings are weird. So pesky, loud and aggressive, but also flying rainbow wonders.

The bird above is the Common Starling, the type that got introduced to North America from Europe. What’s bonkers to me is, we got the most boring kind of Starling. 

Y’all seen Starlings from other continents? BANANAS:

@elodieunderglass I feel these fabulous birbs very much belong on your blog.

I love starlings! The best name! The finest iridescence! The excellent glitter! The yellin! The fact that they were introduced to North America because One Guy wanted to fill New York City with all the (English) birds mentioned in Shakespeare’s plays! Doesn’t that sound made up? It sounds made up. “Yes, the Glittering Invasive Small Thing From The Stars has taken over because of… uhhhh… Shakespeare. Look, don’t worry about it.”

I suspect that starlings are actually a kind of reality-patch hiding a historical glitch in time.