Starlings

[Tony Russell <>]

Mynahs 

On Mon, 20 Feb 2023, 08:45 Tony Russell, <> wrote:

Geoff  do you have a similar thing for Indian Miners.  They have a much nicer song.?

On Sun, 19 Feb 2023, 23:41 Jason Polak, <m("jpolak.org","jpolak");" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">> wrote:

I also liked the poem a lot. I read it aloud and it was very nice. I don't like that there are invasive species but we are the most invasive of all of them by far, and the cause of most other invasions also.

Jason

On 2023-02-18 8:54 p.m., MADELON LANE wrote:
> Love the poem, increasingly I see our poor planet on a trajectory to something rather like hell for it’s current inhabitants and am grateful for the company of all species, who apart from humans, are unknowingly on this journey into the future together.
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> On Sun, 19 Feb 2023 at 6:46 am, Geoff Ryan < <mailto:m("gmail.com","geoffryanster");" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">>> wrote:
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>     My contribution to the Starling discussion:
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>     *THE COMMON STARLING*
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>     The common starling's not the darling
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>     Of humans in this land
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>     But why decried and vilified
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>     I do not understand.
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>     Is it their success and life prowess
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>     Producing swirling flocks
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>     Most common bird seen or heard
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>     'Round Eastern farming blocks.
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>     A pleasant call, not harsh at all
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>     Iridescent breeding plume
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>     Their beauty's there for all to share
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>     Not admired, I presume.
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>     They fill a niche increasing rich
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>     Spawned by crops and farms
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>     But also feast on bugs and beast
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>     Protecting crops from harm.
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>     Do they enjoy or just destroy
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>     A farmers right to earn
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>     Reducing grain and thus the gain
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>     To a point of no return?
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>     Perhaps the hatred's more predated
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>     Bequeathed by English vile
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>     Colonial error a foreign terror
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>     Enough to churn our bile.
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>     We in the East must try at least
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>     To accept their subtle charm
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>     Whereas the West must do its best
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>     To keep starlings off the farm.
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>     /Geoff Ryan/
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>     2016
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