[Leica] IMG: The American Starling

[Don Dory]

I have fond memories of a small eating kiosk inside Disney World.  The
seagulls would swoop down and grab pomme frits off plates: they showed no
fear or delay.   I witnessed one coordinated attack where one seagull sat
on the arm of a patron and pecked at him while another grabbed a beak full
of French fries.

On Wed, Jun 10, 2020, 3:50 PM Wayne Torry via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Starlings are the scourge of outdoor shopping areas in Houston. Especially
> if there is outdoor dining.
> They will fight you basket of tortillas chips!
> Nasty critters.
>
> On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 4:47 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> 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
> > >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Leica Users Group.
> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>