when did the european starling come to the us
Eugene Schieffelin In 1890, he released 60 starlings into New York Cityâ€™s Central Park. He did the same with another 40 birds in 1891. Schieffelin wanted to introduce all the birds mentioned in the plays of William Shakespeare to North America.[3] He may have also been trying to spread the same pests that had been annoying him thirty years earlier so his place wouldn't be the only one that was bothered, when he sponsored the introduction of the house sparrow to North America.[4]