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200 million European Starlings in North America descended from 60 to 100 birds released in Central Park, New York in 1890.
Eugene Schieffelin, president of the American Acclimatization Society and Shakespeare enthusiast, tried to introduce every bird species mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare to North America in the 1890s.
Starlings travel in enormous flocks, pose danger to air travel, disrupt agriculture, displace native bird, and roost on city blocks. Corrosive droppings on structures cause hundreds of millions of dollars of yearly damage.
Thank you for this. I've never before heard such things about these birds. Very interesting. But with my own eyes never before I've seen such a crowd of birds on streets and/or in the midst of the trafic.