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Murmuration of starlings - page from Kevin Huizenga, Curses.
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Page 77 is the seventh page of a ten-page story called “The Curse”. It’s about starlings, interweaving facts about them (such as their mimicry and Mozart’s affection for a pet starling) with a small-scale human story about the irritation of the birds. Starlings, you see — as we learn from Huizenga’s piece — are a European bird introduced to the U.S. by someone who was trying to ensure that all birds mentioned in Shakespeare were found here. Some lines in 1 Henry IV brought the starling to our shores. As a non-native species, they have grown extremely fast, and damage crops, other birds, even man-made structures. They are also a pest to humans: much of Huizenga’s lovely little tale is about Glenn Ganges (Huizenga’s recurring character) and his family being tormented by the droppings and (particularly) the sounds of the starlings.
Source: 100 Great [Comics] Pages. Also see: collective noun for birds.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lls6kvvZSz1qa5d37o1_500.jpg)
Murmuration of starlings - page from Kevin Huizenga, Curses.
Page 77 is the seventh page of a ten-page story called “The Curse”. It’s about starlings, interweaving facts about them (such as their mimicry and Mozart’s affection for a pet starling) with a small-scale human story about the irritation of the birds. Starlings, you see — as we learn from Huizenga’s piece — are a European bird introduced to the U.S. by someone who was trying to ensure that all birds mentioned in Shakespeare were found here. Some lines in 1 Henry IV brought the starling to our shores. As a non-native species, they have grown extremely fast, and damage crops, other birds, even man-made structures. They are also a pest to humans: much of Huizenga’s lovely little tale is about Glenn Ganges (Huizenga’s recurring character) and his family being tormented by the droppings and (particularly) the sounds of the starlings.
Source: 100 Great [Comics] Pages. Also see: collective noun for birds.
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