[Leica] IMG: The American Starling

[Douglas Barry]

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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