Starlings

[Chris King <>]

Hi everyone

I thought that both common starlings and sparrows were associated with grain, and that when we stopped having chooks etc in cities they declined? Birdlife says the following, so maybe loss of fruit trees in cities has had an impact too?

Common Starlings are most often seen searching for seeds and insects on lawns and in paddocks. Other food includes spiders, worms, human scraps and fruit crops.  

On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 at 08:32, Dave Torr <> wrote:

Indeed John - and I think House Sparrows are also in a bad way. But just had an email from a mate in the UK who says wildlife is doing well in the lockdown and reported a Bearded Vulture in the Peak District.

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On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 at 08:29, calyptorhynchus <m("gmail.com","calyptorhynchus");" target="_blank">> wrote:

Difficult to believe re the status in the UK. When I was growing up there Starlings were the commonest bird, flocks of 1000s.

John L

On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 at 08:15 Geoff Shannon <m("bigpond.net.au","geoffsha");" target="_blank">> wrote:

Interesting series of reports. Here in W Tasmania no problems. Flock 550 in paddock last night. BUT the population in UK is falling and has been raised to RED status because of this.

> On 31 Jul 2020, at 08:58, Jenny Stiles <> wrote:
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> Hi Michael,
> We see large flocks of Starling in the Richmond Lowlands & Windsor areas. There are also small flocks at Sydney Olympic park & at all the Eastern suburbs beaches, so they are certainly still about in Sydney.
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> Jenny Stiles
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> -----Original Message----- From: Michael Hunter
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> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Starlings
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> Hi everyone,
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> Where have all the European Starlings gone. ?   Once were thousands in Sydney, none. seen for a few years around Penrith, Springwood or elsewhere. Zero.
>
> ? Disease,  Have I missed  something ?
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> Their absence not a regret , just a mystery.
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>               TIA
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>        Michael
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