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Starlings in fall and winter are mostly black but often have white speckles all over them, especially noticeable close up. Starlings generally aren’t a problem at bird feeders, at least not the ...
European starlings are one of my favorite "winter’s coming" birds. We have a couple that nest during the summer in a cavity high up in a dead poplar, but rarely see them. This time of year ...
Starlings are migratory birds that sport black feathers with a purply-green sheen and speckled with white in the winter. Come autumn, they leave their breeding grounds in Northern Europe and fly ...
I was hosing bird droppings—a staggeringly copious amount of them—off my front stoop when I saw one author of the mess parked on a powerline above my house. In rapid succession, pitch-perfect ...
About The Starling: Starlings, at first glance, are a plain-black monochrome little bird. But look closer, and they will blow you away. In winter, their feathers are donned with silver, ...
Aberystwyth Pier is famous for it's amazing starling murmurations as 1000's of starlings descend on the pier at dusk - up to 10,000 birds in some instances. Watch a video clip and read more about ...
The Black-bellied Starling is a relatively small bird, measuring approximately 18cm and weighing 50g. It is slim, blackish looking and not as glossy as other starlings in the area. It has a matt ...
While starlings are often thought of as a common bird in Europe and North America, their numbers have been in decline for decades — falling 53% between 1995 and 2018 – and in the UK they are ...
European starlings are one of my favorite "winter’s coming" birds. We have a couple that nest during the summer in a cavity high up in a dead poplar, but rarely see them.