Invasive species
European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) are an invasive species that were introduced to North America in the 1890s by the American Acclimatization Society. The society wanted to see all birds used in Shakespeare’s plays and thus set 100 starlings free in New York City’s Central Park. Today, there are over 200 million starlings from Alaska to…![Invasive species](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2023MG0120222-480x360.jpg)