this common starling (Sturnus vulgaris), also known as the European starling, was photographed near Battery Park, at the south-western end of Manhattan, less than 10 kilometres from Central Park, where, Eugene Schieffelin (a member of the American Acclimatization Society) released 60 starlings (imported from England) in 1890 as part of his plan to introduce (to North America) all the birds mentioned in the plays of William Shakespeare. It is estimated that there are,
now, around 200 million starlings in the United States of America.

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