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mutual protection is one reason, thirty or 50 pairs of eyes will see more
than one. Starlings exhibit well developed flock defence against falcons as
well. Another reason is probably better utilization of food resources. A
third reason is that they are social beings like us and just like the
company. It's a lonely world, especially when a bird is in unfamiliar
territory or is young and inexperienced. Many mammals exhibit the same
behavior for the same reasons.
 Shelly <Shelly@pathway.net> wrote in message
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> Can anyone tell me why starlings flock this time of year in Pa.?  It
> seems to be for no earthly reason.  They don't seem to feed as a flock!
> or do they and I am not seeing it?
>
> Shelly

I've also noted that they flock, but I noticed it right after the
first brood fledged.  One day the male and female that had a brood of
4 under my porch roof were feeding 4 from the suet feeder and a day
later they were back with about 12 to 15 fledglings and I know not all
were theirs!  From that point on all for the rest of the spring and
summer you'd see small flocks of 15 or 30 on a lawn at one time. And
we noted that they'd all meet in the hundreds in the woods next to the
Cemetary every evening.  A communal"chat" I think, because the
whistles and squeeks were tremendous..


Lynda







On Mon, 11 Oct 1999 16:19:19 -0400, "russell marx"
<russell.marx@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

>mutual protection is one reason, thirty or 50 pairs of eyes will see more
>than one. Starlings exhibit well developed flock defence against falcons as
>well. Another reason is probably better utilization of food resources. A
>third reason is that they are social beings like us and just like the
>company. It's a lonely world, especially when a bird is in unfamiliar
>territory or is young and inexperienced. Many mammals exhibit the same
>behavior for the same reasons.
> Shelly <Shelly@pathway.net> wrote in message
>news:7tspcc$fjc$0@63.70.173.63...
>> Can anyone tell me why starlings flock this time of year in Pa.?  It
>> seems to be for no earthly reason.  They don't seem to feed as a flock!
>> or do they and I am not seeing it?
>>
>> Shelly
>
>