Paul Farley on the Starling
Poet Paul Farley on the dazzling mimicry and plumage of the starling.
In the season where starlings gather to murmurate in our winter skies, poet Paul Farley is admiring this dazzling bird up close. Every spring a pair of starlings used to nest in a hollow wall in the house where Paul grew up, and he never got tired of studying its dark iridescent plumage. Laying in bed at night Paul would hear the starlings' impressive mimicry, and remembers the sound of a radio being tuned and even human voices, imagining that these intelligent birds have been curiously studying us.
Presented by Paul Farley and produced by Sophie Anton for 麻豆社 Audio in Bristol.
This programme features a recording by Oliver Swift from Xeno-Canto (XC710439 - Common Starling)
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