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Interesting. How are starlings viewed in Europe? As far as I know they're not well-regarded in North America; they're only here because, and I am not joking, th
by Brendinooo 11y ago
Interesting. How are starlings viewed in Europe? As far as I know they're not well-regarded in North America; they're only here because, and I am not joking, the American Acclimatization Society wanted to have all birds mentioned in Shakespeare to be present in North America. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_starling#North_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_starling#North_America)
Just wondering if this is a new problem, some kind of ecosystem imbalance, or something else?
- matheweis 11y ago... and 50 years from now, they will have some new initiative to deal with the issue of a large falcon population in Europe. I am actually OK with this, but wish we would be less afraid of doing similar things with other environmental issues like global warming... At scale, things like white roofs and ocean cloud misting, etc. would have provably positive effects. We're way, way, way past not screwing with the environment.