Who is this first timer?
May 25, 2016 13:52:49 #
Can anyone help me identify this fellow, a first time visitor to my backyard fountain?
May 25, 2016 13:55:55 #
May 25, 2016 13:56:06 #
May 25, 2016 14:10:02 #
May 25, 2016 14:15:41 #
Kenny wrote:
Can anyone help me identify this fellow, a first time visitor to my backyard fountain?
I haven't a clue, Ken - but think you did a great job capturing it. There are Grackles, Cowbirds, Starlings, Red-winged blackbirds and the only one I can ID is a mature Red-wing.
May 25, 2016 14:22:01 #
They will take over and run all the other birds off and tear up their nests. be advised a starling.
May 25, 2016 14:37:58 #
Kenny wrote:
Can anyone help me identify this fellow, a first time visitor to my backyard fountain?
Isn't that Fred from down the street? Just can't keep him home!!!
May 25, 2016 14:43:57 #
yes its a European Starling. They were introduced to North America in 1890/91 in New York's Central park to celebrate a play by Shakespeare!
May 25, 2016 15:27:11 #
Kenny wrote:
Can anyone help me identify this fellow, a first time visitor to my backyard fountain?
We have a few of these guys around - Starling.
May 25, 2016 16:06:51 #
Kenny wrote:
Can anyone help me identify this fellow, a first time visitor to my backyard fountain?
Good shot Kenny.
May 26, 2016 07:22:40 #
Terrible birds. They are a pest. They evicted wood peckers from my front yard two years in a row and killed the female.
They also raid my Purple Martin house and push the chicks out of the nest.
I have a repeating Starling trap set up on my property. Sometimes catch three a day.
You do not want to know whats happens then.
They also raid my Purple Martin house and push the chicks out of the nest.
I have a repeating Starling trap set up on my property. Sometimes catch three a day.
You do not want to know whats happens then.
May 26, 2016 10:29:48 #
May 26, 2016 11:06:02 #
Your hands will stink to high heaven for days from the oil in their feathers if you ever handle one and your ears will hurt from their incessant cackling. They congregate in huge noisy flocks in the Fall here in the North East and poop over everything. Not what you want to encourage at your feeder as they will take over and trash the place, not unlike members of some political partiesā
May 26, 2016 12:22:50 #
May 26, 2016 12:24:17 #
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