European Starling mimics words ("Talking" Starling)

[@finster1968]

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.

[@karenbrown4524]

🤭 so funny! William Shakespeare European starling

[@LeviGenes]

I'd rather hear 'Central Park NYC' than 'get that human, get that human'. Hitch was totally demented. Jus sayin'

[@arbutuswatcher]

"Can you here me now!" "Would you like fries with that?" "I'll be back" Oh, the ideas that come to mind. :) Thanks for the smiles. As a child, I raised budgies, better known as parakeets. They were the best, & so colorful.

[@zazilicious]

It even has an American accent!

[@johneduardoctavianoiv9749]

hihi

[@HypeShot-27]

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.

[@shable1436]

Have you seen the one that can mimic starwars characters?

[@HypeShot-27]

@@shable1436 Yeah, it's fascinating

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[@JoseRRodriguez]

like and 8-bit sampler device

[@smittywerbenjaegermanjensen]

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!

[@noellemorel7280]

Hahaha!

[@peternemeth1777]

Is that true? Because I can't imagine that birds can differentiate between clumsy and skillful. Are you just trolling us? If it is true however I don't think that it's the bird mocking but I rather think that it's some angel or some fairy that is using the bird to influence you. I know when fairies are influencing me. Fairies can do all kind of things but one of the things they do is cheer you up when you're depressed or sad. Particularly in art they try to inspire us. Generally I think that fairies not just influence humans but animals also. I love to communicate with birds. I immitate daily every bird that I hear and thus learned a huge vocabulary of bird language. My love for birds started as a kid when I tamed budgies and had very intimate relationships with them. Then I learned to create many different sounds with my mouth to communicate with them. And because budgies are parrots they immitated everything and it was much fun for me and for them I guess too. The more I learned to feel the birds with my heart and soul the more I noticed that many birds (it could be all but I don't know) have something that is called: mischievousness. There are certain birds that have this mischievous radiation stronger others seem to have less of it. When I think of a mischievous bird the first bird that comes to my mind is sparrows. Here in germany it is even a saying: We say cheeky sparrows. Another bird that can be very mischievous is the blackbird. I had more than once the feeling that it mocks me. But I guess it's not the bird mocking me but a fairy that is influencing the bird. And I guess that the fairy can use a bird to influence me. I guess one of the taskings God gave to fairies is to cheer up humans and animals also. When something is mieschievous than I realize that immediately. As a kid I was very mischievous. Between the age seven to twelve there was hardly a day when me and my friends didn't do pranks. We just enjoyed the day when we played pranks. Without those pranks life was too boring for us. I grew up in a small village surrounded by beautiful forrests, beautiful ponds, a beautiful small river, surrounded by little hills and around 280 poeple living there where literally everyone knows everyone. Although it is very lovely to grow up in the countryside it can be quite boring. That's why we did a lot of pranks. Since that time I notice when poeple have something mischievous about them or not. What I said about animals I say about humans too: I think that in general we humans that means all humans are mischievous by nature. All in all I think that if someone has no or just little experience with mischievouness that some circumstance or some person or group of persons oppressed this spiritual nature of our soul. I always loved to play with children and what I guess is that by nature all children are mischievous. And I further think that mischievousness is one of the main character features of children in general. To me a child that is mischievous is a real child. If this nature of a child is oppressed and somehow doesn't show on the outside that to me is not fully a child. I noticed when I played with children that mischievousness is not only a character feature of a child but also a need for the childish soul. By allowing oneself to be mischievous a child is celebrating being a child. When adults oppress this mischievousness in a child it is to me is a certain kind of a child abuse, because a child is a child and can only be a child and it knows that it is a child. In order to become an adult it must learn and learn and learn so much and it takes many years and the child knows this. Only if it is old enough and grown enough and developed enough it can behave like an adult, talk like an adult and think like adult. Before that a child is simply a child. On the other hand and this is more important if we adults oppress this mischievousness in a child than a child can't celebrate that it is a child.That's why this character feature is so important for a child. Because the child knows: I know that I'm not an adult. I'm just a child. But a child needs a space where it can be a child and celebrate that it's a child and here the aspect of mischievousness comes in. The greatest joy as a child for me and my friends was it to prank adults. Because mostly our pranks did noone harm and were just small stupid things that we did but how the adults reacted was so different. There were those that had humour and could smile or even laugh about our pranks. And there were those that were stern, angry and agressive and those that certainly would have beaten us if they could have caught us. But we were experts in running away quickly and running fast. So we never got caught by anyone. I could go on and talk so much on this subject particularly about fairies and how they can influence us humans because I know that I can attract fairies and I know when a fairy is near. But I close now and go to bed.

[@fritzfedke8079]

'He was number ONE !'

[@shable1436]

​@@peternemeth1777 what is this a philosophy and phycology thesis paper?😂

[@Skunkanoid]

@@shable1436 the more i read the comment, the mor i feel like it's ai generated... o.0 the actual fuck xD

[@hisnameyahuah]

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.

[@HerbalMoon17]

Oh wow, my head would've exploded from that random bit of love! 💙

[@susgwin7987]

@@HerbalMoon17 Oh my gosh, thanks for sharing that incredible event! It’s so uplifting 🌸

[@valerieann8007]

They speak and mimick more clearly than any bird or human I've ever heard. Anyone who thinks they are pests are the actual non-true-lifeform pest.

[@Stettafire]

Not a problem here either. They're native here and they're threatened with extinction

[@Iambriel]

This comment had me dying 😂😂😭

[@charliediamond6197]

It sounds so proud of its self when it says “European starling” like its singing it with honour

[@trees915]

Anthropomorphizing at its best.

[@CaptainSpycrab]

European starling. Shakespeare bird! Shakespeare birrrd.

[@zeuxlaught2797]

but when its gonna evolve into staraevia?

[@westelaudio943]

Based bird

[@debramoss2267]

@@trees915 yep they are far greater than our closed and tiny minds can comprehend. Yet. I was blown away when it was discovered that Orca have five times the emotional range we do. Carl Safina's book 'Beyond Words' might interest you. Predominantly about elephants. He did a TED talk some years back, brilliant scientific mind.

[@riverstone9005]

Can you imagine being the first person to hear a bird talk and then trying to tell your friends about it?

[@Bl4ckSparrow]

In the 1600's you'd have been burnt to the stake because you were clearly a practitioner of the dark arts.

[@bd______og]

Hello my baby, hello my darlin, hello my ragtime gaaaal, send me a kiss by wire, baby my heart's on fire 🐸

[@tigerfang2099]

This is the first time i found out about this bird and saw the video on Facebook and didn't believe it was true i had too look it up here in YT and well I'm really really surprised and amazed

[@Tobirama_isHimju]

@@bd______og If you refuse me, honey you'll loose me, then you'll be left alone. Oh baby, telephone and tell me I'm your owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwn!

[@Lewisfan1]

"European Starling". Great, now it hase become a Pokémon!

[@somacruz7759]

You're forgetting Starly :)

[@mrguy22494]

It's already a Pokemon. In the form of Starly.

[@JorgeLopezMoreno]

A Digimon because of the talk

[@connorfoley8114]

Xavier Smith “Satanic gecko”

[@mattbod]

Don’t you mean Yurrrrrropeeeean Starrrrling lol?

[@NoriMori1992]

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.

[@gabrielledennis549]

Birds tend to mimic based on who said the words to them. For example, if a man with a deep voice says something, the mimic will sound deeper. If a woman with a higher-pitched voice says something, the mimic will be higher-pitched.

[@IowaKim]

A woman wrote a book about her experience with the talking starling. The book is called Arnie the darling starling

[@zealwarriorgaming5315]

Same

[@Buster_Piles]

I'm also quite shocked at how good a mimic it is. I thought only parrots and mynahs. Wow!

[@nixnightbird138]

I lived in an apartment that had a large family of starlings nested all around and on it. They were in constant wars with the crows across the way, but that wasn't the remarkable (and annoying) thing about them: They also learned to mimic the sounds from the nearby elementary school. So at all hours of the day I'd hear the constant sounds of the school bells ringing, groups of kids screaming and playing, and a few specific voices (teachers, I suspect) calling out... And it was all coming from the starlings. It was absolutely bizarre to hear school sounds on Sundays at 3 AM. Anyway, I loathe starlings. They're invasive, noisy bullies. They push other birds out of an area, steal all their food, and generally act as pests. Those Shakespeare lovers unleashed a plague.

[@mattbod]

“Yurrrrrrrrropeeeean Starrrrrrrrrling” :They are lovely and intelligent birds and actually declining here in the UK so send some back.

[@CurliFox]

That's actually a really good idea.

[@karentjuhh101]

Same in The Netherlands!

[@MrStabby19812]

There was one who lived in my garden who mimicked my telephone. Was super annoying and cool.

[@mariea82]

Our house sparrows are disappearing too

[@Blackbird809]

Damn Americans stealing our talking birds 😂

[@heyguysjohnfarder]

it sounds like the Google Translate voices

[@sockaccount8116]

Now we know where it comes from

[@peterthelin8352]

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've had a number of parrots over the years (and nursed a bluejay and crow back to health) and have two now. But the starling was without a doubt the most well-behaved, friendliest bird I've ever had (and they don't bite, which can't be said for parrots). I've always wondered why people don't raise starlings as pets. Something you can't legally do with native birds like bluejays and crows.

[@joehostile4541]

It’s like the most misunderstood bird

[@spiralations7304]

Thanks for sharing!

[@ryanpenrod1859]

@@joehostile4541 It's also invasive and displaces or kills native birds.

[@joehostile4541]

@@ryanpenrod1859 so are humans. Do you hate them too?

[@bhavikasicka7871]

I don't believe humans should be raising any non-human animals as pets (since it reduces those animals to exploitable commodity status), unless the animals are rescues that need adoption or rehabilitation. The act of breeding of animals for human profit (be it as pets, food, clothing, entertainment objects) is inherently immoral.

[@bzz5601]

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.

[@julienielsen3746]

I had them make a nest in my stove vent. I could hear their sounds coming from my kitchen. Chickens, a rooster, a duck, something like a laser gun noise, and like an old car starting up.

[@karenbrown4524]

I love these starling stories. I guess they've heard that California's real estate is inflated, and so therefore isn't worth the travel.

[@nseight]

:-) *

[@debramoss2267]

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. If I don't get the note bang on he sings it back to me until I get it. It started with a BeepBoop and now it is a full on session. Others have started mimicking and I can tell his voice from the others. When the blind goes up its deafening. There are also seagulls that do fly pasts and tip a nod when they go past, dipping right in front of the window, sometimes tapping it. All of them are called Stephen. Stephen Seagull. Our darling starlings composer we call Mozart, which became Mozie. Being bedbound has brought this, always a positive. Crazy, birdie lady and proud.

[@bryanah9452]

There's a starling who lands on my window sill and sings to me every morning.

[@dawnbutcher9935]

Hi a starling lands in your window do you live in Utah by chance

[@lindalogan8460]

@@dawnbutcher9935... Aaaw Dawn, that is soooo sweet. He must like you very much 💕🐦

[@jhonsmithers4853]

There’s a flock of starling that scream at the top of their longs in whatever god forsaken noises they’ve picked up in the wild every day.

[@Hassan-ww8jf]

You're a Disney princess

[@izaiahthomas1939]

That's nice, mine just scream bloody murder outside my window at 3 am.

[@tiffanygabelprazak5060]

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)! #starlingfriends

[@FioreCiliegia]

If hes that smart honestly, try potty training him XD ive seen it done XD

[@moritamikamikara3879]

He whistles dixie does he? What? I thought whistling dixie was supposed to be an idiot meaning to talk rubbish/lie. What does whistling dixie mean in this context?

[@sharonolsen6579]

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 !

[@DVD927]

Good taste in music

[@SheenaRea]

Sharon that is lovely!! I'll remember that next time the starlings come around! 🙂

[@sharonolsen6579]

@@SheenaRea ☺

[@PaprikaParade1]

Whats with the "I" thing?

[@sharonolsen6579]

@@PaprikaParade1 you know what i'm not really sure.. it does read odd.. LOL I'm going to change it ... thanks for pointing it out...☺

[@graymatter242]

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.

[@LadyYautjaSpacePirate]

They actually laughed at you?! 😂

[@bottomtext593]

That's rough buddy

[@graymatter242]

Yes they would laugh at me from the surrounding trees lol. My brother recently reminded me that one of them mimicked my Mom's loud and unique laugh. I think that one probably started it since it commonly did that and the others were following suit. Quiet until I fell or messed up lol bullied by starlings 🤣

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[@mindylee7488]

They are so pretty. I love their voice speaking or singing. Thank you!

[@CZ350tuner]

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. My house has 3 pairs of Starlings nesting in the soffits and they live there all through the winter months.

[@ryanpenrod1859]

That's great for Europe, meanwhile I try to build a nest for our native woodpecker species and Starlings kick them out.

[@rickwrites2612]

Starling exchange program, coming right up

[@SheenaRea]

@@ryanpenrod1859 I wonder why that is. Here in my yard are many varieties of birds! We're in the midwest. And we've got quite a few woodpeckers! I've put up birdhouses for different birds and the starlings cannot use those for their nesting. My soffit has several small breeches where starlings happily live. Every bird is doing well and has adequate nesting places. There's a solution for everything. In my many decades on this planet and feeding/rehabilitating hundreds of birds, I've never seen starlings displace other species. Perhaps they have enough choices to not encroach on anyone else.

[@kalamityerstwhile7845]

Starlings get too uppity for trees, die out rather than going rustic.

[@Awakeningspirit20]

It would be nice if we could begin transferring starlings back to Europe. It would cost a lot, though. They thrive here and we can keep a fresh supply for their homeland. That or it would become the only instance in history of a species going extinct in its home and not where it was introduced

[@Blizwolf]

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.

[@jezzabelle_with_a_y7494]

I have a little girl names Bernie. I love her. I also found her in may, but of last year. She only has one foot from early injury, but I was able to nurse her back to health. She mimics my speech and gets along so well with my finches. I love her so much.

[@lolwutathon]

I was delivering post to a lady who hated starlings last week. I told her they're very intelligent and can talk if taught. She seemed impressed. Score one for us starling lovers.

[@OldStag72]

I grew up in Glasgow, Scotland, and during my childhood huge numbers of these birds would fly back to the city centre at 'tea time' and congregate on the local rooftops before roosting under the bridges of the river Clyde. I stayed on the top flat and looked forward to hearing them, as me the dog and the cat knew that about 15 minutes after the starlings had been, my mum would be home from work.

[@drewknapp3171]

That's sweet...

[@trentcantu2031]

You painted a beautiful picture

[@F34R_Slayer]

its so sad to think none of those animals are around now

[@13zounds]

Wow the clarity is incredible!

[@uppercasedtheelowercases3123]

Your service is greatly appreciated. Great work rehabilitating and teaching species appropriate identifier words. That's such a unique and perfect idea. We have Starlings in Brooklyn too. They must have been here since the 1990 car alarms began. Our neighborhood has Starlings that run through the entire sequence of vintage alarms too. 😊

[@BarB2-90Nine]

The music was just right ! Your bird was great ; always had birds never knew they could talk . I often wonder Now there so many song birds and only see the starling bird lol I lov that bird Ty’s for the video

[@lemonlimethewolf7087]

One of the starlings in my area come out at night and make a distressed dog whine, scared the heck out of me, and yes my mom and I drove a car back to where it was to make sure there was no injured or trapped dog till we realized it was a bird.

[@BK-qp8zp]

But it still could have been trying to help an actual injured dog. :)

[@loriroy1705]

I saw my first starling in WV a few days ago. I was hearing what I thought was a mocking bird and looked up to see the starling looking down at me from atop my pear tree chattering away. I don't know if it's male or female but it's delightful. I hope it stays. Makes beautiful clicky sounds. It's hard to describe but very rhythmic. I've seen it twice now. I never knew they could mimic. I had to Google to find what it was. Now I'm on KZbin watching other starlings chatting up a storm. Endearing. I love birds. They bring me such joy.

[@SheenaRea]

I agree! I love the high-pitched whistle they make, it goes way up and down, almost like what you're hear in a cartoon show. Very funny, gregarious birds! I once rehabbed a few of them, they are endearing and super comical. One would sit on my shoulder and groom the little hairs on my neck. When I'd laugh at the TV, the bird would look at the screen, look back at me, and laugh. Incredible creations of Mother Nature!!

[@hippiechick3790]

They really are highly intelligent birds. They are masters of mimicry. I love that the bird was taught some of our language. So cool 😊🤗

[@gtrriffs]

Gotcha the cockatoo is awesome aswell.

[@karenbrown4524]

@@gtrriffs Yes, I've watched Gotcha. His human is fantastic and committed to all of her living ones she's invited to her home. ❤️

[@keithreeder]

@@gtrriffs Can Gotcha spell "as well" properly? Fuckwit.

[@keithreeder]

@@karenbrown4524 Did that make any sense. even in your head?

[@josie670]

@@keithreeder do you understand the difference in spelling and grammar? Clearly not :D

[@susgwin7987]

I love starlings! They are very special birds💖

[@markjackson5665]

Several years ago, when I was living in Scotland, I was watching a group of Starlings sitting on a tree next to my garden. One was sitting above the other three and seemed to be teaching them calls from other birds, which I could clearly recognise too. Amazing creatures!

[@SheenaRea]

Wow! That is so cool

[@excismos8056]

We'll take the Starlings back if you take back the Grey Squirrels..

[@Bulgeofpersuasion]

You can eat Gray Squirrels and you can eat the invading crawfish out of the creeks. Just get the invasive EU completely out of the way first. Maybe.. Eat the remoaners?

[@DT-dc4br]

@@Bulgeofpersuasion LOL The sun doesn't set on the irony of a brit calling others "invasive" .

[@redjenny6484]

@@Bulgeofpersuasion We should kick out the xenophobes instead as they clearly have no better hobbies than whinging about foreigners on videos about talking birds. Go do something more productive. If you care that much about "invaders" go do some wildlife volunteering.

[@menosbbgirl]

Jordan Coggburn well said.

[@menosbbgirl]

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[@amrita4468]

I know the world will jump all over me for this, but I love Starlings. They are invasive where I live but I think they are amazing, beautiful birds.

[@SheenaRea]

Totally agree.

[@firstclass1445]

One dealer ship I worked at, every morning when I opened the CARS the starlings would come down to me on a table where I would place the keys, and while I unlocked cars these buetiful starlings and others would visit every day, and I truly enjoyed those starlings...

[@readthetype]

_“We didn’t want the bird to become a novelty act, so we taught it to say the name of our company, website, and various social-media accounts.”_

[@varikvalefor]

Definitely impressive birds.

[@taylorkay1826]

I had one in my yard quacking like a duck! Definitely made me laugh

[@GTisJAVO1996]

wild starling in the local area picked up a bad habbit of mimicking my motorbike alarm. Stray cats kept sleeping on my bike in the winter cause the engine was warm, but the disk-lock alarm is super sensitive and they'd set it off all the time. Bird heard the alarm a lot and learned to mimic it.

[@shelaghmckenna2667]

Thank you for offering insight into a story from the late Pleistocene era about a British princess who trained a starling to send her brother a message. The starling was probably a gift from him, as it was a homing bird, and it flew from Dublin to Caernarfon. The overwritten story says the princess wrote a letter to her brother, which would not have been possible at that time, but it also says she spoke to the bird. Now I have an idea what may have happened.

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[@johncgibson4720]

The human voice emulation is more real than cockatoo or parakeet's emulation. I am stunned.

[@SheenaRea]

It is astonishing. Somewhere on KZbin there's a starling who imitates the workers from the day before. He makes sounds of trucks, engines, mens' voices on radio, chainsaw sounds. It's so exact you'd think it was an actual recording of construction workers!

[@tacitozetticci9308]

I mean cockatoos are kinda underwhelming at that (they make up for it with personality though for sure)

[@walnzell9328]

0:10 He does not look pleased. He was clearly plotting something.

[@thejimmy6533]

2:34 R2D2. Must have seen a little bit of Star Wars as well. :-)

[@annsidbrant7616]

It is absolutely fantastic to hear the bird say "Central Park in New York City". Absolutely amazing (and adorable, I must say).

[@SeanVito]

What a beautiful bird. Amazing mimicry. I wish it could actually understand language.

[@phenethylamine91]

William Shakesburd! Shakesburd!

[@kristinamullen4066]

I can't get the phrase"European starling" out of my head.I love the way she says it like a person.I have always loved Starlings.Every winter afternoon at 4:30 a flock of them would fly over my house on their way to the bridge nearby to roost for the night.Their markings are beautiful..

[@TheImmoralNosferatuZodd]

Imagine having a super cool bird that mimics, but the only things you teach it to repeat is "European starling", "New York Central Park", and "Shakespeare".

[@karentjuhh101]

Interesting how the starling is declining in Europe (at least in The Netherlands) and we take conservation measures to protect it. Whilst in NYC it is an invasive exotic bird.

[@Al-AI]

I live in wales UK theyve lived in my roof for years i know generations of them wonderful birds. Except when they mimic teams calls at 5 am

[@Zephaniah3verse17]

Fantastic! We have starlings that mimic wrens, warblers, pet budgies and ambulances, and this year we've got one that keeps repeating the word "meridian" - it's brightened up the lockdown period no end.

[@lindalogan8460]

I have a little European Starling just like this one. My little Jackson is 6 months old and talks more than both of my parrots put together. 💕🌍 Eastern Cape, South Africa.

[@Pandabee11]

When I was a teenager there was a massive murmuration of starlings that roosted on West Pier in Brighton. They were beautiful to watch, but after the pier burnt down they all dispersed.

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[@julienielsen3746]

I had starlings make a nest in my stove vent on the side of my house. They sounded so cute I thought at the time. I just left them there because I rarely used my fan on my stove. They did chickens, a rooster, a duck, something that sounded like a laser gun noise, and and like an old time car starting up. Finally I needed to get a new microwave above my stove, so I had a wildlife removal take the nest out for me. The microwave installer came first and opened up the nest area and said he couldn't remove it because of his allergies.

[@chrisk8187]

Would like to hear some of the additional "words/sounds" of mimicking starlings.

[@toadsaint5559]

You know it’s a Pokémon when it even says it’s own name

[@phillipruffolo7162]

He was saying Shakespearebird. Perfect.

[@atomix2201]

I skipped to the middle of the video with the bird talking and I thought I heard a Midwestern accent. I cool how the bird can imitate so well that one can determine the accent of the person that taught it. I also recognized the song in background, I believe it's the Foxhunter's jig

[@R0sie.]

Just recently rescued a starling and named him Evan he's super smart and already is learning to fly and comes when I call him they are truly remarkable and intelligent birds

[@AnimeShinigami13]

i have a tar beach rooftop and I once sat out on it with my coffee and watched as a starling went through a wild succession of sounds including hawks, a few other birds, children's toys, car alarms, phone ringing, and a siren and laughing my ass off at him.

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[@septembersun1503]

Nah i'm convinced he's got a recorder and a microphone inside his little beak or something

[@mcren6781]

I used to have a starling nest in my chimney and I swear it used to mimic the sound of a rattlesnake. It’s like it was trying to scare us away. We never used the fireplace.

[@Pickchore]

I live in Brighton, England. A place famous for staling murmurations that happen over water and the starlings roost under our pier.

[@HSHAID]

i saw one of these guys recently at a hand held sprayer car wash in Dallas, Texas. He stayed in the same spot for approximately an hour chirping away with many different sounds in my direction and I could swear he was trying to talk to me...his message: all is going to be okay!

[@crystalcobb5984]

Wow very interesting 🧐 thanks for sharing that’s awesome he learned to talk

[@jeanneparisot237]

It amazed me how articulate they are compared to parrots. They can even mimic the tone of the voice, like little feather's balls recorders.

[@elainewhitelock5347]

I adore these birds

[@sejnb1]

Thank you. Love all animals.

[@lukekavanagh6121]

They sound like a computer talking but malfunctioning 😂😂😂 either way very impressive 👍🙂

[@BirdWhisperer46]

We has a nest of Starlings in a hole in an oak tree in our yard in 1951 in Rockford Illinois. they were already a well established bird then.

[@jpsholland]

They are also able to mimic mechanical sounds. Years ago i woke up early in the morning with my neighbors lawnmower on my rooftop. It turned out be a Starling.

[@FISHUNTREECOUNTRY]

A year ago, I thought I heard wild turkeys purring....then I saw a starling making the exact noise. Two days ago I heard a wild turkey purr and confirmed it was a turkey. Yesterday in my City back yard, I heard the exact same purring sound and looked up on my tree, and it was a starling. They are definately spending time around turkeys and picking up their vocabulary.

[@MissLibertarian]

20 songs? I once counted 20 songs from a mocking bird before it began to repeat, although quite a few were not bird songs: besides ducks, crickets,frogs, jays, and car alarms (after earthquake swarms they were especially good at alarms), and quail, my favorite was the Rainbird (sprinkler). Another time I heard a jay imitate a hawk, which surprised me to realize (it was from close by and I could tell it was an imitation, but surprised to see it was a jay). So I looked up into the sky and sure enough there was a hawk circling above and the jay had been calling a warning. Animals humble me all the time with their own languages.

[@briarrose7016]

I'm originally from Michigan and saw and rescued Starlings growing up. I moved to Kentucky and volunteered at a raptor rehab center here and was told to give any Starlings anyone brought in to the hawks for food for them which made me so sad! They're too intelligent to be tossed away like food, but that's true for most things.

[@skwaab]

This feels like something I'd see in a dream and take for normal and when I wake up I realise how batshit crazy it was. I totally understand this is real but it feels so eerie.

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[@elnabjelland-hughes8172]

Beautiful bird 💕💕

[@brenda44414]

Aw ...I rescued a baby about two weeks old that had fallen from nest in a bad area (lots of trucks and the siblings were deceased) He's currently living in my shower in paper towel lined bowl. His appetite is huge as is the amount of poop 💩 ! I had no idea they talk, thats awesome Great helpful video thank you 😊

[@bcl3341]

This was way more than I bargained for!

[@wendyscoates3458]

So super cool! I love how when it has trouble with Shakespeare and baubbles at the end, it decides to just do a regular birdcall lol😅

[@LV-426...]

Wow! Now this was unexpected. Damn cute birds, you amaze me all the time.

[@deeasztalos2520]

Awwww! What a sweet little bird.

[@CAChab93]

I am so amazed by this sound 2:29 Talking around saying smth like "Sheepbear bird, Sheepb...." 2:34 finding a sound interesting and makes this super interesting sounds. Imagine the possibility to make a language out of this dirrerent kind of notes/ sounds. I just love it. I want some birds to evolve to birdpersons. :)

[@OceanFragments]

Is that a pokemon? "European Starling! European Starling!" "I wooonder what pokemonnnnn that isssss..."

[@Leafy17]

I do hunt these birds because there's so many of them and they've killed my bluebirds, but it is pretty cool that they can mimic speech that well

[@jmfs3497]

These migrate through my yard every spring, even taking roost in a spot in my eves. The house is over 100 years old, and I always wonder if any are repeat visitors.

[@chrisbranham7712]

That is a beautiful bird. Thank you for taking it in. Great respect for yoo !!!!!🕊️🐦🦜🦩💗

[@Ben-rj7xs]

WOW!!!! thank you for sharing this with us.. I had no idea they talked so well..

[@kezzachadda8175]

A lovely birdie ❤❤❤

[@ce8539]

Bro be sounding like R2D2 at the end

[@José-313]

Why am i learning about Starlings just now?! Amazing creatures!

[@djrichylaurence8991]

Starlings are cool. They're really friendly down by the sea at a cafe I go to and will come right up to you to take a treat. Look at one closely at the amazing colours they have in their plumage.

[@easyybreezeyy]

The African grey parrot talking impresses me but this is next level 🤯

[@ogieogie]

Wonderful idea; excellent training.

[@alanjohnson8077]

We have dozens of starlings feeding on meal worms at our bird table which is common in the UK.

[@ananiahbarbee]

What a CUTIE!

[@enocescalona]

it is so weird that these birds almost a robot like filter to their voices. it really throws me off, it sounds like a high pitched AI voice coming from a bird, lol

[@ChadGardenSinLA]

In California ALL birds in the wild are protected... except starlings, sparrows, and pigeons. We do have huge flocks of Amazons, Conures, and several other parrots species from Asia and Africa also part of the California coast landscape. So happy to see parrots back in nature after European settlers made extinct the Carolina Parakeet. Thx for sharing.

[@karlhungus5554]

That's incredible! It also sounded a bit like R2D2 at the end.

[@FLOSSYTREADWELL]

Wonderful thank you for helping our birds!

[@karlbarks2219]

I strongly dispute this idea that starlings cause agricultural damage. Like sparrows they primarily feed on insects and only resort to feeding on grains and fruit once those are lacking. This was the rationale for their introduction to Australia and New Zealand. The Soviets built millions of sparrow nests to increase agricultural output. That they outcompete native species is different issue, of course.

[@markd523]

I’m not an expert on birds, but I do have a bit of experience working with them in Michigan. Starlings are definitely my favorite for a number of reasons. They are, first of all, the cleverest of any race which I worked with. The rascals tricked me at least two times and slipped away from their cage before my very eyes with me registering the slightest notice that you’d believe possible. Too, they were NOT keen on our charitable aims; and where injured swallows and robins sipped contentedly on their water provisions the starling rustled restlessly against his holding basket, plotting freedom. Though gifted with the ability to fly and sing, there is no animal I know of which is so willing to embrace the humble merits of a hop and a war-whoop.