| Seale writes that the starling nests in a hole in the dead trunk of the coconut palm and may lay three or four eggs. |
| Muscles flexing, waiting, twitching, he has pounced on a starling, dispatched it with a single bite, and carried the limp lifeless thing away. |
| The starling has survived on a small island, Cocos, off the south coast of Guam, and the swiftlet still nests on the high walls of a cave. |
| The starling is that portion of the pier which faces the direction of the stream, and acts like the cutwater of a ship. |
| The four biggest losers since the first Big Garden Birdwatch in 1979 have been the starling, house sparrow, song thrush and blackbird. |
| For bird watchers there are Somali bee-eaters, rosy-patched shrike, golden-breasted starling and golden pipit. |
