Starlings?

Question

I found a baby starling the other day, does anyone know anything about starlings? What do they eat? I also heard they could talk..

Answer 1

FOODS TO AVOID
Avocado -- believed to be toxic. Chocolate and candy
Raw meat and raw eggs Coffee and sodas
Salty foods such as potato chips and crackers. Rhubarb leaves (toxic)
Processed meats (too high in salt and fat) Milk
Alcohol & alcoholic beverages Earthworms
Some house plants are toxic to birds. Click here: Unsafe plants
FOODS TO EAT


Jedds.com - Assorted insectivore foods

Golden West - A bag of Bugs $8.95.

Orchid Tree Exotics - Quiko Goldy-A non-seed based diet for insectivorous birds $12.35

Grubco - Live and freeze dried insects, various prices.

Audubon Workshop - Dried caterpillars for $15.99 (1/2 lb)

Cuttlebone Plus - Bugs-n-Berries. Contains insect larvae gut-loaded with spirulina and canthaxanthin. 1 pound for $9.00

Fluker Farms - Flukers Crickets (live and freeze dried); $7.99 for 1.4 ounce jar.

Mulberry Farms - Silkworms; no price available.

Mazuri Insectivore Diet - needs to be ordered from your local Purina dealer

Reliable Protein Foods - Assorted insect foods; various prices.

Birds 2 Grow - Bevo Insect Diet 8.00 per kg.

Worm Man's Worm Farm - Live mealworms and crickets; prices vary.

Timber Line Fisheries - Mealworms and Crickets, 50 count cup $5.70.

Grooms Cricket Farm - Crickets

New York Worms - Assorted insects and supplies

Natures Way - Mealworms

Russell's Cricket Farm - Crickets, cricket cages, worms

Answer 2

Yes , they can be taught to talk and sing. Margarete Corbo's' book " Arnie the Darling Starling" is based on the true story of her rescue and raising of a baby starling.It's a touching story -- for kids and adults!!

Answer 3

Check out the site below which deals with injured or orphaned Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris):

It even has emergency instructions to help keep the bird alive.