Ring, ring, ring, ring...Starlingphone!

[AlienGirl]

[everythingsxen]

1. I've got my hunches...

they squawk in bunches...

It makes me want to get together and sing.... SING!

[sakabatou]

4. Ding dong ding dong ding dong ding...

Drarlingphone!
It flocks in bunches
I've got my hunches
Its the best
beats the rest
cellular modular
interactivodular!

[Kat45]

2. Who's the bird?

I've never seen a starling in a cage; I just see them in my yard.

[everythingsxen]

3. That's Clarece

Hello Clarece.

[XemaSab]

5. Is he your starling?

:shrug:

Did you know that there is biologically no difference between the groups of birds that are called starlings and the birds called mynahs?

[AlienGirl]

6. Yep, but Hill Mynahs eat more fruit than European Starlings

European starlings are mostly insectivorous. Clarice is a non-releasable (bad wing) human-raised starling. As non-native birds considered "nuisence" birds, they aren't covered under the migratory bird treaties and are legal to have...and many rehab facilities won't even take them.

Clarice rings like a cell phone and imitates the calls of sparrows, robins, seagulls, and is picking up on budgie chirps.

Tucker

[Kat45]

7. Cool! I've heard that starlings are good mimics, snd

that they can even learn to talk.

Hi Clarice! :hi:

[XemaSab]

8. .

[everythingsxen]

9. *squawk*

[AlienGirl]

10. Baaaa!

Starlingphone's latest ringtone is a sheep sound...

Tucker

[pitohui]

11. OMG is that not cute as the dickens

many years ago i had a starling and DAMN that bird was smart but they don't live long, i'm thinking less than 15 years

but they were a WITTY 15 years!

[AlienGirl]

12. These days it's more like 20 to 25

Starling nutrition has come a long way; they are more insectivorous than people used to think! On specialized diets (33% protein, 12% fat, variety of vitamins, low iron, and mealworms only occasionally as treats) they're living into their 20s routinely.

Passerines intrigue me because they are so different from psitticiformes. I am pretty familiar with how parrots think, but passerines are still a mystery.

Tucker

[pitohui]

13. mine loved him some mealworms

but i wonder now if his diet was as low iron as it could have been