Joyce's and Monroe's Backyard Birds / European Starling

Last Update: 11/30/2008

We had large groups of starlings in our yard and on the trees across the way. They first appeared as winter set in.

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A starling eats the seed under our feeder,January 2004.

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A starling eats some seed off our deck, January 2004.

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A flock of starlings alongside the road on Aberdeen Proving Grounds in late 2003.

immature starling

This is an immature European Starling, seen in central Texas in September 2005.

Starlings in Tree

This group of starlings was seen at Steppingstone Museum in Harford County, MD, on January 30th, 2006.

Starling in Nest

We have a pair of starlings nesting in a box in the backyard. This is one of the chicks, a couple of days before it flew out and began to feed on its own. This photo was taken in May, 2006.

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These birds were at our feeder in February 2007. The photo was taken with my NovaBird Backyard Bird Camera.

Starlings

These starlings were part of a large flock seen at Turkey Point on November 23rd, 2008.