Owning a starling is a messy proposition in the best of times, and Arnie, may he rest in peace, managed to leave quite a few traces of his existence in the postdoc office. So Carol is living at home now, where my housemates John and Kevin have agreed to let her occupy the sunroom. There's lots of plants in there, and windows, so she can amuse herself during the day in the manner of her more tropical sturnine cousins. Here she is taking a bath.