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August 18, 2006

Friday Feathers

Introduced to the U.S. in 1890-91 from Europe, the European Starling is a gray-to-black bird with white speckles in fall and winter and shiny purple black during spring and summer. It has a long pointed yellow bill in spring that turns gray in the fall.

Often displaces woodpeckers, chickadees and other cavity-nesting birds. Can be very aggressive and destroy eggs or young of other birds. Its bill changes color with the seasons.

As a bonus this time around, here are some starlings in action.

Europeans are NEVER dull. :-)

Cindy

Comments

Brain matter deposited by: joanie on August 22, 2006 5:40 AM

Brain matter deposited by: Cindy on August 25, 2006 8:52 AM