turlough: closeup of different varieties of daffodils ((spring) flower of the season)
turlough ([personal profile] turlough) wrote in [community profile] common_nature2022-03-18 08:13 pm
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serenading starling

I usually only see Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) in the summer but on my walk this morning I spotted this male singing his heart out:

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dark bird with iridescent plumage among naked branches
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turlough: birch forest carpeted with flowering wood anemones ((spring) an icon for the season)

[personal profile] turlough 2022-03-20 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, I've heard that the can do uncanny imitations of things like car alarms and mobile phones!
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[personal profile] kaishin108 2022-03-20 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh! I didn't realize that. I just thought they mimicked other birds :-o
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