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Subject: [Leica] IMG: The American Starling
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2020 16:47:47 -0500
References: <8bd6c583-6374-9439-d4b5-09436b347f22@lighttube.net> <73ee4312-0f6d-be44-67dd-db55b6e93f61@iol.ie>

Sorry.? I should have done proper research.

On 6/10/20 3:47 PM, Douglas Barry wrote:
> A good shot, Jim, that starling looks very alert. Lord knows the Brits 
> have done a lot of nasty things to this world of ours, and indeed, as 
> a corrupted Shakespeare might well have written, "Yon Starling has a 
> lean and hungry look", but Mr. Schieffelin wasn't a Brit.
> :-)
>
> Douglas
>
>
> On 10/06/2020 19:25, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> The Starling is one of my least favorite birds.? Since a Brit brought 
>> them across the pond, they have prospered beyond belief and have 
>> become a nuisance.? Traveling in flocks, they can empty feeders 
>> quickly.? Even a suet block put out for woodpeckers can be torn to 
>> pieces in short order. But, while hoping for a woodpecker, and trying 
>> burst shooting for the first time, I fired away at my first 
>> customer.? I had purposely balanced the feeder gate to limit the 
>> access of larger birds, since they scatter seed widely.? The Starling 
>> struggled to find a spot where he could feed, and never came to the 
>> front side of the feeder.? He actually looked more elegant peering 
>> out from behind the feeder.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200610-DSCF1876.JPG.html
>>
>
>
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-- 
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA



In reply to: Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: The American Starling)
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