What do starlings have to do with poetry? These birds were brought to the U.S. from Europe as part of an effort to establish all of the birds mentioned in the works of Shakespeare. Starlings are cavity nesters and sometimes present a problem for humans who don’t appreciate the bird nesting in the ducts and vents in their homes.

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