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Starlings were sacred birds to the ancient Celts. The Druids held Starlings in honor, and in fact, the word for “starling” in Welsh is “drudwen” or “drudwy”. The Mabinogion speaks of Branwen, sister to the giant hero-god King Bran, who was imprisoned and forced into servitude for King Matholwch of Ireland, despite having borne him a son. Branwen trained her pet Starling to speak and sent him to her brother, who waded across the sea and defeated the Irish, freeing Branwen. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branwen[1] ]

The first European Starlings brought to the United States were a group of about sixty birds which were released in Central Park, NY by a Shakespeare lover who hoped to have all of the birds in the Bard’s plays represented in the park. He was caught, too late to prevent the release of these birds, and shown the error of his ways. All of the Starlings now in the USA are bel...