<P> In 1890 , he released 60 starlings into New York City 's Central Park . He did the same with another 40 birds in 1891 . Schieffelin wanted to introduce all the birds mentioned in the plays of William Shakespeare to North America . He may have also been trying to spread the same pests that had been annoying him thirty years earlier so his place would n't be the only one that was bothered , when he sponsored the introduction of the house sparrow to North America . </P>
<P> In 1890 , he released 60 starlings into New York City 's Central Park . He did the same with another 40 birds in 1891 . Schieffelin wanted to introduce all the birds mentioned in the plays of William Shakespeare to North America . He may have also been trying to spread the same pests that had been annoying him thirty years earlier so his place would n't be the only one that was bothered , when he sponsored the introduction of the house sparrow to North America . </P>
when did the european starling come to the us
when did the european starling come to the us
1890
1890