Invasive

The story goes that European starlings were first introduced into North and South America by a gentleman who was a member of a society that wanted to introduce all of the bird species mentioned in Shakespeare to the United States. Now we have more than we can handle across two continents. If Floyd’s second theory is correct, there must have been some collusion there among all the bird species mentioned in Shakespeare to get to the United States. Very clever of them.

Originally published at thebirdfeeder.com.