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A kestrel seeks revenge on a European Starling after it kills and eats her chicks. In the U.S, European starlings have a devastating impact on our native ecosystems in the entire United States. This species is known for their aggression towards other cavity nesting birds, outcompeting native species for nesting spots and food sources. They’ve been known to kill many native species from bluebirds, to woodpeckers, to kestrels. They are violent towards competing species, destroying their nests, and pecking holes in eggs laid by other birds. Not to mention, they also destroy crops and devour multitudes of grain each year.
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I wanted to portray something intense to kind of grab people’s attention to this problem. Most people don’t know how horribly invasive they are. While they’re pretty birds, they’re not meant to live in the United States. I wanted to use colors like red (to represent anger, sadness, revenge, betrayal) to portray what native species have to endure every year towards a bird that was never supposed to even come in contact with them. And colors like yellow (to represent wrongfully perceived innocence and guilt).
The spills of blood can be represented as the successful revenge the kestrel has, or, the multitudes of blood spilled from native species by European Starlings.
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Did you know? All the European Starlings in North America descended from 100 birds set loose in New York’s Central Park in the early 1890s. The birds were intentionally released by a group who wanted America to have all the birds that Shakespeare ever mentioned. It took several tries, but eventually the population took off. Today, more than 200 million European Starlings range from Alaska to Mexico
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A kestrel seeks revenge on a European Starling after it kills and eats her chicks. In the U.S, European starlings have a devastating impact on our native ecosystems in the entire United States. This species is known for their aggression towards other cavity nesting birds, outcompeting native species for nesting spots and food sources. They’ve been known to kill many native species from bluebirds, to woodpeckers, to kestrels. They are violent towards competing species, destroying their nests, and pecking holes in eggs laid by other birds. Not to mention, they also destroy crops and devour multitudes of grain each year.
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I wanted to portray something intense to kind of grab people’s attention to this problem. Most people don’t know how horribly invasive they are. While they’re pretty birds, they’re not meant to live in the United States. I wanted to use colors like red (to represent anger, sadness, revenge, betrayal) to portray what native species have to endure every year towards a bird that was never supposed to even come in contact with them. And colors like yellow (to represent wrongfully perceived innocence and guilt).
The spills of blood can be represented as the successful revenge the kestrel has, or, the multitudes of blood spilled from native species by European Starlings.
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Did you know? All the European Starlings in North America descended from 100 birds set loose in New York’s Central Park in the early 1890s. The birds were intentionally released by a group who wanted America to have all the birds that Shakespeare ever mentioned. It took several tries, but eventually the population took off. Today, more than 200 million European Starlings range from Alaska to Mexico
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This is absolutely heartbreaking and beautiful 🥺
Thank you for raising awareness about the dangers of invasive species
Thank you for raising awareness about the dangers of invasive species
sounds kinda... questionable.
Do you think european starlings in Europe doesnt neighbours with, european kestrels, woodpeckers, thrushes? They do. How many starlings are in Europe? Millions. Do european native kestrels, woodpeckers and other birds gone extinct? No.
Do you think european starlings in Europe doesnt neighbours with, european kestrels, woodpeckers, thrushes? They do. How many starlings are in Europe? Millions. Do european native kestrels, woodpeckers and other birds gone extinct? No.
a european kestrel is not the exact same as an american kestrel, a european woodpecker is not the exact same as an american woodpecker, etc. to say nothing of the different plant species providing nesting areas and insects providing food, the different parasites that can affect the bird, different predators, different climate. starlings are fairly well established as invasive in north america at least and its easy enough to find documentation of this if you look for it!
^ this. Just look up any reputable article about how they’re invasive in the US. It’s like how we have birds here that ARE native, that kill and eat other native species, but that’s part of their role in this country, they’d be invasive if they were released into the UK to do the same thing. Do research on it!! Learn about different ecosystems!!
Some long forgotten's human's sentimental whimsy resulted in countless consequences and animal deaths. Makes me think of the birdfeeder damage in europe as well.
a very striking piece. thank you for informing me about this problem. the image of the chick in the starling's beak is haunting
European starlings are one of my favorite birds, but there is no discounting the damage they do as an invasive species here in North America. Incredibly lovely and emotionally striking piece, I love it!
oh damn, that's awful. =(
I guess those cool murmurations have their cost
I guess those cool murmurations have their cost
This is absolutely gorgeous work, and as someone in the environmental field I thank you for raising awareness about European Starlings.
Powerful piece. I didn't know starlings were an invasive species. Another "brilliant" idea like introducing kudzu as a fodder plant for goats. It's run rampant all across the southeast US.
intense (and sad about the devastation also) :C
POwer tale this picture tells
POwer tale this picture tells
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