Photo Credit: Georges-Henri Catelan

In tight, spinning formation

They form black clouds in perpetual motion like arabesques in the sky before swooping down on their prey still rich in grapes. But the starling is not just a berry pilferer.

Ripe, preferably. And he likes nothing more than to feast on it with his family. These orgies sometimes numbering several thousand or even tens of thousands of individuals, which means that the bird has no not good press with winegrowers.