The fault lies not in our starlings...

some starling updates (2022): 

1) I published a (fun) piece about starlings walking on the Upper West Side streets, here. 

2) I published a (more serious) article in the Connecticut Audubon State of Birds Report for 2022, which discusses recent research which shows that, contrary to popular belief, there is little evidence that starlings outcompete native birds in the US. 

3) The starling morphological evolution project is still underway, and we are excited to have new data coming in from birds in Wales, UK. Stay tuned for more on that in 2023...

4) With collaborators in Australia, we have a starling review paper coming out in Biological Invasions in 2023!

5) There is more that I hope to be able to share in a few months...

Scientific American Article

I published an opinion piece in Scientific American (May 3, 2021) about European starlings where I touch on topics such as: the lack of evidence for the Shakespeare connection, damage to farms, disease spread, the privilege of park going, and the health benefits of spending time in nature (with birds):

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-delight-of-watching-birds-on-the-streets-of-new-york/