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European Starling ? (1 Viewer)

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49bentley

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I believe this is a European Starling. Do the white tips fade as it gets older?
 

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Yes, and yes, the tips wear away through the winter, spring and summer, then reappear with the new feathers in the late summer moult :t:
 
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