Mozart's Starling

Mozart's Starling
by Lyanda Lynn Haupt

I recently read a non-fiction book entitled Mozart's Starling! It was excellent. For any bird lover, or one interested just a tad bit of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [his trained starling, Star, and how the bird became a pet of Wolfgang's by mimicking one of his 'secret', yet unpublished, works at the pet store!! To the author training a starling,and studying her bird from taking it from a nest before it fledged --named Carmen]...also, her obsession to learn more about Star and Mozart's connection, she travels to his country and follows through with an incredible adventure of learning, education, and understanding not only his gift of music, but starlings and surmising that perhaps some of his music composition could be a result of the starling's song repertoire!! I highly recommend it to anyone remotely interested in the subjects of talking birds [starlings are highly adept in human speech or their habits], Mozart, and birds in general....think: Mozart's Piano Concerto Number 17 in G