{"id":1932,"date":"2008-07-26T10:03:29","date_gmt":"2008-07-26T13:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=1932"},"modified":"2008-07-27T13:00:14","modified_gmt":"2008-07-27T16:00:14","slug":"starlings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=1932","title":{"rendered":"Starlings"},"content":{"rendered":"

I<\/span>‘ve been extremely impressed by the difference of fauna between the old and new continent. The very first months living here, I saw bird species I didn’t recognize: seeing for example, the very first bluejay<\/a> had me startled, since I had not seen it before, I couldn’t give it a name. The pictures on that Wikipedia page don’t do the bird honour: they’re actually quite large.\n<\/p>\n

The other bird I didn’t fully recognize were starlings<\/a>: There were always plenty of them hopping around in the yard and initially, they reminded me of the other typical bird I’ve seen during my younger years (‘merels’<\/a> (warning Dutch)) with one main difference: My first impression was that these starlings were ‘Merels on Extreme-Weight-Control’. And thinking of it, that’s an excellent name for a a reality show.\n<\/p>\n

However, recently I discovered that there’s a proper Dutch name for these birds: We call them ‘spreeuwen’, which, rings a bell, but not as much. They’re considered migrating birds in Europe, which may explain why I initially didn’t recognize them.\n<\/p>\n

I hear that there are Cardinals<\/a> around: At least I’d know what to call them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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