black speckled bird (1 Viewer)

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hummingbird2

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• Apr 30, 2017

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We get these birds often in our yard, but don't know what kind it is. It says on this its a surf bird!?

http://www.surfbirds.com/media/gallery_photos/20050530085253.jpg

I forgot to mention, gave them a nickname, mini roadrunners. beep beep! They run around really fast through the fences.

 

Last edited: Apr 30, 2017

Corvus cornix

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• Apr 30, 2017

• #2

Common (European) Starling.

Cheers

 

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hummingbird2

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• Apr 30, 2017

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They are fast, got one through the window, but went outside and didn't even see them fly off. Beep Beep!

When turning in the light they have some colors, like green in their feathers. Pretty!

 

Last edited: Apr 30, 2017

SueO

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• May 1, 2017

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hummingbird2 said:

They are fast, got one through the window, but went outside and didn't even see them fly off. Beep Beep!
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When turning in the light they have some colors, like green in their feathers. Pretty!

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Definitely E. Starlings. Pretty invasive! LOL Have them here in Seal Beach, CA. too. They are pretty, but man can they have some giant flocks! Surfbirds is a bird forum (another good one). That photo must have been posted by somebody on a Surfbirds forum--that's why the word Surfbird is there. That is not a Surfbird though. Here is a Surfbird:
http://www.birdforum.net/opus/Surfbird
Sue

 

Last edited: May 1, 2017