Out of homesickness, early immigrants to America introduced starlings from Europe. Today, in addition to brutally taking over the nests of native birds, starlings congregate by day in farmers 'fields outside of cities, where they devour the crops, and at dusk fly in hordes into villages, driving the residents to their wits' ends.
早期美國移民因思鄉由歐洲引進椋鳥，如今椋鳥除在北美洲大肆掠奪其他鳥種的巢穴外，白天聚集在市郊農田吃穀物，黃昏則成千上萬飛入鄉鎮，人們對它一籌莫展。