Mozart's Starling

"Pity the poor starling. Considered an invasive species, it may be the world’s most despised bird. But naturalist Lyanda Lynn Haupt’s book offers a delightful balm to the haters. Inspired by Mozart, who kept a pet starling, Haupt adopted a nestling of her own, named it Carmen and raised it in her own home. (Talk about invasive!) Warmly underscoring the bonds between humans and animals, Mozart’s Starling blends committed nature writing with personal reflection, music and humor – and guarantees you will never look the small, speckled birds in quite the same way."

"the luminous wonder that is Lyanda Lynn Haupt's "Mozart's Starling" (which we stumbled on in Strasburg last summer and could not resist)"