rig ues ▁star ling ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁widely ▁distributed ▁on ▁Rod rig ues , ▁with ▁season al ▁vis its ▁to ▁the ▁is lets . ▁T aff oret ' s ▁description ▁also ▁indicates ▁that ▁it ▁had ▁a ▁complex ▁song . ▁ ▁The ▁st outer ▁build ▁and ▁more ▁bent ▁shape ▁of ▁the ▁mand ible ▁suggest ▁that ▁the ▁Rod rig ues ▁star ling ▁used ▁greater ▁force ▁than ▁the ▁ho op oe ▁star ling ▁when ▁searching ▁and ▁perhaps ▁dig ging ▁for ▁food . ▁It ▁probably ▁also ▁had ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁remove ▁objects ▁and ▁force fully ▁open ▁ent ran ces ▁when ▁searching ▁for ▁food ; ▁it ▁did ▁this ▁by ▁inserting ▁its ▁w edge - sh aped ▁bill ▁and ▁opening ▁its ▁mand ibles , ▁as ▁other ▁star lings ▁and ▁c rows ▁do . ▁This ▁ability ▁supports ▁T aff oret ' s ▁observation ▁that ▁the ▁bird ▁fed ▁on ▁eggs ▁and ▁dead ▁tort o ises . ▁It ▁could ▁have ▁torn ▁dead , ▁pres umably ▁ju ven ile , ▁t urt les ▁and ▁tort o ises ▁out ▁of ▁their ▁shell s . ▁T aff oret ▁did ▁not ▁see ▁any ▁Rod rig ues ▁star lings ▁on ▁the ▁main land , ▁but ▁he ▁stated ▁that ▁they ▁could ▁easily ▁be ▁re ared ▁by ▁feed ing ▁them ▁meat , ▁which ▁indicates ▁that ▁he ▁brought ▁young ▁birds ▁from ▁a ▁bre eding ▁population ▁on ▁Î le ▁G omb ran i . ▁T aff oret ▁was ▁mar oon ed ▁on ▁Rod rig ues ▁during ▁the ▁summer ▁and ▁was ▁apparently ▁able ▁to ▁proc ure ▁ju ven ile ▁individuals ; ▁some