Shock and caw: Pesky starlings still overwhelm
Monday, September 7, 2009 - 10:58
in Earth & Climate
Some 200 million shiny black European starlings crowd North America. The enormous flocks endanger air travel and roost on city blocks, leaving behind corrosive, foul-smelling droppings and hundreds of millions of dollars of damage each year. And getting rid of them is near impossible.