A short radio piece where I refer to European starlings as “bad asses”, for their adaptive flexibility, dispersal and expansion, and all-around industriousness. Not to diminish the seriousness of the threats they pose to native species, crops, livestock and airplanes - but just to say, they are biologically amazing, and don’t seem to care that they aren’t loved.
https://www.wshu.org/post/shakespeares-starlings#stream/0
exploring the evolution and ecology of Sturnus vulgaris in North America
