Sturnus Vulgaris (Common Starling) or (European Starling)
The European Starling was introduced to North America in the 19th century. They were imported at great expense from Europe by Eugene Schieffelin around the 1890s to U.S and labeled as an invasive species. But unlike many other invasive birds, it was not protected under U.S law. Meaning no harm, Schieffelin goal was to just introduce all the birds mentioned by William Shakespeare in North America. Schieffelin released about 100 European Starling right in the heart of New York; Central Park. Many thought the birds would die off from the cold and bitter winters, instead, they found shelter and lived on and started to breed and spread. European Starling has mostly black feathers but green …show more content…
The range of the European Starlings has spread all across the United States with more than 200 million in the country.They are able to survive in many types of habitats, accounting to their spread. Schieffelin made a mistake by bringing them here created a disaster with no intention to do so. Starlings can transmit diseases from one livestock facility to another. They are considered very aggressive animals, tend to bully other bird species like kicking them out of their nests and harshly trying to hurt them with their strong peaks. European Strangling is also omnivorous, they eat nearly anything from seeds and insects to even baby birds. The decline of native bird species has increased when the European strangling came along. For example like ruining the nesting for other birds, becoming harder for birds to find shelter for laying their eggs. European starlings are very messy nesters making it harder for any other species to reuse the nesting area(cavities). These things are ruining the ecosystem. Some methods to control the spread of starlings are frightening, trapping, and toxicants. Frightening is an effective strategy to use to get the European Starlings out of the roosts; during cold winters they tend to use live stocks as shelter and
The European Starling was introduced to North America in the 19th century. They were imported at great expense from Europe by Eugene Schieffelin around the 1890s to U.S and labeled as an invasive species. But unlike many other invasive birds, it was not protected under U.S law. Meaning no harm, Schieffelin goal was to just introduce all the birds mentioned by William Shakespeare in North America. Schieffelin released about 100 European Starling right in the heart of New York; Central Park. Many thought the birds would die off from the cold and bitter winters, instead, they found shelter and lived on and started to breed and spread. European Starling has mostly black feathers but green …show more content…
The range of the European Starlings has spread all across the United States with more than 200 million in the country.They are able to survive in many types of habitats, accounting to their spread. Schieffelin made a mistake by bringing them here created a disaster with no intention to do so. Starlings can transmit diseases from one livestock facility to another. They are considered very aggressive animals, tend to bully other bird species like kicking them out of their nests and harshly trying to hurt them with their strong peaks. European Strangling is also omnivorous, they eat nearly anything from seeds and insects to even baby birds. The decline of native bird species has increased when the European strangling came along. For example like ruining the nesting for other birds, becoming harder for birds to find shelter for laying their eggs. European starlings are very messy nesters making it harder for any other species to reuse the nesting area(cavities). These things are ruining the ecosystem. Some methods to control the spread of starlings are frightening, trapping, and toxicants. Frightening is an effective strategy to use to get the European Starlings out of the roosts; during cold winters they tend to use live stocks as shelter and