starling - a bird related to the passerine, starling family.The body length is about 23 cm, and weight - about 75 at the expense of short neck and massive body seems clumsiness.His legs strong with large curved claws.The bill is long, tonkovat, yellow, slightly lowered down.The tail is shorter, straight.The color of the feathers in the spring of black with metallic luster has starling.Bird, a description of the plumage of which depends on the season, the autumn is black with white speckles.
The benefits of the common starling, which was discussed above, almost all know from childhood.In the spring they go through the fields, parks and gardens, looking out and eating insects and larvae.Summer feeding caterpillars and beetles, and during the fledging fly to the nest 300 times a day, bringing a few bugs every time.
Common Starling - migratory bird, fly away for the winter in warmer climates tend to north Africa and southern Europe.After such trips in the repertoire of singing Ptakha there are various "potpourri", including "African music", borrowed from the birds in the winter.
Many people associated with the starling birdhouses and this is the forest bird, make their nests in holes in trees.But it is not easy to find them.A man wants to settle this useful Ptah closer to her, and that he sets birdhouses.A "work" it near human habitation is forever.
Besides the ordinary kind, interesting representative of this family is a pastor - a bird, fully justifies its name.He settles near the steppe, desert and semi-desert plains, as feeds mainly locusts.Of course, if it does not, you may eat other insects.But locusts - the main thing.For her sake, he is able to fly long distances.The day can eat up to 200 grams of locust (twice their weight) pastor.Bird and its feeding her offspring.
move these Ptakha dense flocks.From a distance, it seems that this is some pink cloud.Dropping to the ground, they continue to move in the same direction, collecting insects and eating on the run.Rosy Starling - a peace-loving bird, fights and quarrels between them does not arise.They settle in colonies of several hundred pairs.Jacks suit in the crevices of the rocks, in a variety of holes, between the stones.
And this family is serezhkovy starling - a bird that only size is similar to the relatives, live exclusively in Africa.The adjective in the title won because during the breeding season the male on the head appear fleshy growths that resemble catkins.Nests are built in the trees, but not in the hollows, using a lot of dry branches, creating a dome-shaped structure.One plant of these "houses" can be a lot, becauseThis bird is also colonial.It feeds exclusively locusts serezhkovy starling.Bird chicks displays even at a time when the insects stop moving and stop propagation.With the resumption of the movement of locusts Ptakha shot up and follow her.
Such are different are the starlings, but they certainly are useful to humans.For some peoples, even the murder of an offense of this wonderful bird.
