Well I have been renovastion my nest since last November. I suppose you 
could call it courting behavior, or perhaps "prettying the place up" like a 
bower-bird. At any rate it is VERY expensive.

-Chris STARLING
North East, MD


> >
> > Hello all,
> > Pat wrote:
> > What I'm wondering is whether the starling was just making use of handy
> > nesting material, or whether starlings decorate their nests with pretty
> > things like bowerbirds.
> > ********************************************
> > It was just making use of handy nesting material. Starlings don't 
>decorate
> > their nests.
> >
> > All the best,
> > Eddie Chapman, Voss.  Norway.
> > http://www.birdwatching-in-norway.com
> > Photo Album: Eurasian Wigeon feeding in the snow.
> >

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