This week, we hear a story in two acts about a very familiar bird—the common starling. It's a non-native species that is omnivorous, gregarious, adaptable, and highly successful in its adopted land. It turns out we humans have inadvertently put out the welcome mat for this alien species. Act One tells the story about this winged invader with an $800 million appetite for fruit crops. As for Act Two, we’ll let independent producer Josh Kurz and the theater troupe Higher Mammals explain. read moreDuration: 6:06Published: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:06:37 +0000
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Description: English: A Spotless Starling (Sturnus unicolor) in Madrid (Spain). Español: Un estornino negro (Sturnus unicolor) en Madrid (España). Date: 6 December 2012. Source: Own work. Author: Luis García (Zaqarbal). Permission (Reusing this file): I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following licenses: : Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License.http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.htmlGFDLGNU Free Documentation Licensetruetrue. : This file is licensed under the Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike 3.0 Spain license.:. Attribution: Luis García. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/es/deed.en CC BY-SA 3.0 es Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 es truetrue. You may select the license of your choice..