Copyright: Original post from Our Plot at Green Lane Allotments http://glallotments.blogspot.co.uk/ author S Garrett
6 months ago
Wednesday, February 12
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Great pictures. I wish we had starlings in the garden. Have some some fantastic murmurations though, over the fields and the estuaries down here.
ReplyDeleteI've never watched a murmuration, Jessica other than on TV and would love to/ It's a case of knowing where to be at the right time.
DeleteThey are ever so shiny aren't they. We have loads of starlings here bucking the trend as it were so we get treated to some lovely murmurations too
ReplyDeleteThey are, Jo even more so when it is really sunny
DeleteStunning. We stood underneath a starling at the weekend marvelling at his feathers. Then we thought we'd better not stand directly underneath for too long. We saw fantastic murmurations out of our front windows last year - nothing this year though, we're disappointed.
ReplyDeleteNot advisable to stand under a bird for too long CJ :)
Deletebeautiful piece of artwork by Nature.... delicate. Well captured indeed.
ReplyDeleteNature is indeed the most talented artist, Bangchik
DeleteStarlings and sparrows seem to get such a lot of bad press for being brown and boring, but they're just a beautiful as other birds if you really look at them. I was watching the starlings fighting over the suet blocks yesterday, they love them. Have you seen the Superb Starlings at Lotherton Bird Garden? They're beautiful, much brighter than our starlings, but still iridescent.
ReplyDeleteI have seen the brilliant blue starlings, Jo - not sure whether at Lotherton or Harewood - it's ages since we went to either. You are spot on about people not appreciating what they see as the less colourful birds.
DeleteSuch sleek, handsome birds! They somehow seem so purposeful, almost "well-designed". We seldom see more than the odd one or two here. When I was young we used to see millions of them (probably literally) assembling to roost on the telephone wires near Penzance railway station - presumably getting ready for migration.
ReplyDeleteSome do migrate, Mark. Birds from Northern Europe come to the UK to over winter and increase our starling population. Lots also gather to go into cities to roost where it is warmer or into reed beds etc. They roost in large numbers so the gatherings you saw may have been flocks coming together to roost.
DeleteWonderful , clear pictures Sue. I am such a fan of "ordinary" garden birds. When you get a chance to look at them closely like that you can really see how beautiful they are!
ReplyDeleteIt does often seem that makers of wildlife documentaries ignore our 'ordinary' garden birds, Jill in favour of more exotic birds.
DeleteFantastic markings, fantastic photography.
ReplyDeleteThank you, L. It wasn't until I took these photos that I realised how brown the markings were on the birds back. Having seen them in the photos I now notice them in real life. The camera has trained my eye!
DeleteThe starlings are called those pesky starlings in my garden Sue - some of them have such beautiful iridescence and the black is almost blue.
ReplyDeleteThe are funny birds, Angie especially when squabbling over food. Then again if they didn't squabble they would probably eat twice as much!
DeleteThese starling pictures are wonderful. Their feathers so shiny on some of the photos all colours of the rainbow are showed, beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThe feathers change colour depending on how the light hits them, Janneke
DeleteHow beautiful, I love the detail especially in the third pic where you can see the green on the feathers.xxx
ReplyDeleteThey are much maligned birds, Snowbird
DeleteSo many people complain about the starlings but in the right light they do have beautiful colours...and they help to keep the ants down too!!
ReplyDeleteThey also eat leather jackets fron lawns, Tanya
DeleteThey look rather exotic in their spring plumage.
ReplyDeleteThe do when you take the time to look closely, Alain
DeleteBeautiful and exotic
ReplyDeleteBut most of the time they go ignored, Endah,
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