[Leica] IMG: The American Starling

[Jim Nichols]

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
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