[NatureNS] Question: Starling Behaviour

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Hi Burkhard & All

     They have a unique alarm call which sounds a lot like HELP; 
help.... . Many decades ago I recorded this call to see if it could be 
used to protect cherries and low-bush blueberries.

YT, DW, Kentville

On 5/19/2020 6:58 PM, Burkhard Plache wrote:
> Hello fellow naturalists:
>
> We have a pair of starlings is raising its brood in a former hairy
> woodpecker cavity in our front yard. Today, there were some 10-12
> starlings scattered in the nearby branches. A few minutes later, a big
> ruckus broke out, with a squirrel departing the tree at high speed
> pursued by some 5-6 of the starlings.
>
> My question is: Are starlings known to band together in times of trouble?
> If so, they must have some means of calling for help in case of a threat.
>
> Curious,
> Burkhard

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