I have experienced large roosts of Starlings in the
UK. Gigantic numbers at a roost in a confer
plantation in S.Wales. I crept under the conifers
with the birds a few feet above me, deafening and very
smelly. In central London at Piccadily and in N.
London in parks and and at resevoirs. Very exciting
to watch and to listen to. The local goverment has
done a lot to discourage them roosting on the
buildings now so the sight is less common in recent
years.
Tony Baylis.
--- Dominique Laloux <> wrote:
> The list is pretty quiet for the moment so, even
> though this is nothing
> really special, I though I would share it...
>=20
> For the last month or so, a small band of about 50
> Common Starlings
> (Sturnus vulgaris) is using our hedge of cherry
> laurels as a dormitory.
> I have never seen them arrive, but we have been
> hearing them most
> mornings when leaving for work. Last weekend, I
> watched about 35 of them
> leaving in the morning...
>=20
> Here is a recording of the background noise we can
> hear most mornings
> when leaving the house :
> <http://www.pca.be/samples/Etourneaux.mp3>
> http://www.pca.be/samples/Etourneaux.mp3 (file size
> : 1Mb)
>=20
> Someone on another list mentionned, just a few days
> ago, a "giant"
> dormitory in the East of Belgium, where perhaps as
> many as 200,000 birds
> come back every night. I wonder what the level of
> noise might be.
>=20
> I have seen twice in the past some huge clouds of
> these birds : one was
> just above the Vatican (I recorded it on video), the
> other was along a
> highway not far from home. The impression given by
> that one was of a
> live funnel, with thousands of birds "dropping" from
> the cloud into
> large bushes. Quite an experience...
>=20
> DL
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
>
>
__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing.
http://photos.yahoo.com/
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
|