sturnus vulgaris

Hi Folks; Captured this European Starling, one of the most abundant bird in America show cased with a vivid blue sunny sky background, 92F, and the last of the Snowbirds packing up for end of the month departure. Will miss their money, however, lines and traffic will be back to normal, and we...

European Starlings on Saguaro Cactus

European Starling

Think its may be telling its parent something

Hi Folks; Great weather change, high now 90 F instead of 118 F and we had a bit of rain here and lots up in Madera Canyon, may be open at the end of this week if rain continues. First time a Juvie has appeared in our garden. Best regards Gus

The European Starling, Common Starling or just Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

Photographed this European Starling in our garden yesterday

Hi Folks; This European Starling arrived about a week ago, but just finally got his nose out of the suet and gave us a better view than his back side. Usually strolls through the grass looking for food. Fill flash used to help exposure

Sturnus vulgaris

Hi Folks; Captured this Starling in our garden this morning & painted it with free Fotosketcher

Anyone who's familiar with Silence of the Lambs will understand the title. ;)

When the starlings left the elephant seals, they made like a tree. Further from us behind our seal-protective barriers, but quite a sight nevertheless. Also, note the island in the background. Digiscopers have a chance to see rhinoceros auklets there, but my measly 300 lens wasn't stong enough...

I wasn't sure which category to set this in - marine animals, or N-Am birds. I finally decided that I have better images of the elephant seals for later; what makes this one special is the starlings. They seemed to be feeding on flies that were attracted to the seals. The seals would...

Pretty obvious where I took this picture - at the south end of the bridge as we set out to walk across. Starlings are thriving to the point of being considered a nuisance some places in California. Then too, Californians probably consider many of us European tourists a nuisance. Not to mention...