European Starling mimics words ("Talking" Starling)
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- Опубликовано: 25 май 2016
- European Starlings are impressive mimics. This video shares the story of one bird that has been trained to say words relevant to the species introduction to the North American continent.
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Imagine a flock of thousands of Starlings flying towards you. All of them calling out: “Central Park! New York City! Central Park! New York City!” Alfred Hitchcock could’ve had a field day.
“Yurrrrrrrrropeeeean Starrrrrrrrrling” :They are lovely and intelligent birds and actually declining here in the UK so send some back.
I had no idea until just a few minutes ago that starlings can mimic speech, let alone that they sound so eerily human. It sounds like an elevator announcer voice or something.
Can you imagine being the first person to hear a bird talk and then trying to tell your friends about it?
It sounds so proud of its self when it says “European starling” like its singing it with honour
At my parent's house there is a starling that mimicked my laugh.... It seemed like everytime I did something clumsy or stupid, he would laugh at me with my own laugh. He was the truest form of a mockingbird!
It's not just that they mimic the words, they perfectly mimic the voice, where it sounds like a recording of the original speaker. This is incredible.
Starlings aren't a problem in Australia, they just haven't exploded in numbers here. When I was a child, a wild starling landed on a fence next to me, looked straight at me and said in an American accent from some movie "well you mean something to ME" (or something along those lines) and then flew off. I had no idea they could talk and could barely wrap my head around what had just happened but I took it as a positive, Heavenly message. It's so heartwarming to see you guys care for what people consider to be pests. Loving it.
it sounds like the Google Translate voices
William Shakesburd! Shakesburd!
"European Starling".
I used to live in a really big old house with a huge old chimney that hadn't been used in many years. It turned into Starling central. Every morning in the summers starting at the crack of dawn, you'd hear a perfectly mimicked motorcycle, then an alarm bell, then a chainsaw, then a siren, then some speech that you couldn't understand, then something else familiar and on and on. I've told people this story many times, and I don't think they've believed me! It seems that they even try to impress each other with new sounds.
I found a baby starling when I was a boy (back in the '60's) and raised it alongside the family parakeet. It became a devoted member of the family, "helped" my mother do the dishes, chased the furnace repairman around the house and would be sitting on a table by the front door everyday waiting for me to return from school.
I have a starling teaching me to sing. He comes back every day and adds a new tune to the format. He also nods and shakes his tail feathers. As soon as I wake up they all start arriving and harang me until I join in the jamming.
We have a house mate who's a European Starling. I stopped him from being murdered by a cat and from that moment we've been close friends. He came inside the house, chose our sun room in the back and made it his own. He will NOT leave, he doesn't want to. He says quite a few words; "hi I'm ziggy" & "uh oh" among other words including cuss words, he mimics our cats and dog, he whistles "Dixie" and so much more. He's such a great roommate (other than all the pooping)!
I never knew starlings could imitate humans so well. I used to skateboard at my old house and my driveway was surrounded by trees, and every time I would fall I would hear birds laughing at me in a human sounding tone. Now I know what they were.
I did wildlife rehab.. specifically song birds .. and I raised up all the baby starlings that came in. Got them grown and healthy then released. Such adorable endearing little creatures.. ! As a side note.. The flock of wild starlings that came to my yard LOVED James Taylor music ! When I put it on with windows open.. they all gathered within only a few minutes.. Then they ALL started "singing" along .. Bird singing, lots of coos and interesting sounds. They didn't do it with any other music and when the James Taylor was over.. they left ! It was fascinating !
There's a starling who lands on my window sill and sings to me every morning.
I just had a little quartet if them on my balcony mimicking car alarms and eagle screeches. I had no clue they were capable of stuff like that let alone speech.
Meanwhile, in the UK, Starlings are in decline due to modern houses not having the features where they can build nests. People also block up openings to keep Starlings from nesting, which has caused a massive drop in breeding pairs.