This is a companion to my other Bird of the Day blog, which focuses on birds I have seen in Victoria, Canada.

With the amount of time we have been spending in London lately, I decided it was time to get out my camera and broaden my knowledge of birds of England.

Thursday, October 1, 2015

Starling

Sturnis vulgaris


Appearance:
Medium-sized passerine bird
Short tail
Pinkish legs  
Summer
       Iridescent black plumage
       Yellow bill  
Winter (pictured)
       Brown-black plumage speckled with white
       Black bill

 Listen to its call.

A pair of these birds were trying to have a little bath in the boating lake in Regent's Park this afternoon. Unfortunately, their efforts kept being thwarted by a Mute Swan trying  to bite them. The Starlings weren't too upset by this though, as they continued to run back and forth to the water between nips.  


Learn more about the Starling.


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