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In the 1950s, European starlings were introduced to America: How Shakespeare’s birds spread across the continent and began competing with native species for food
In the 1950s, European starlings were introduced to America…
#Europe #EU #Americanstarlings #competitionwithnativebirds #European #Europeanstarling #Europeanstarlinginvasion #invasivebirdspecies #invasivebirds #nativebirds #Shakespearebirds #starlinghabitatexpansion #starlingpopulationinAmerica
https://www.europesays.com/europe/143531/
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
I took this photograph of a European starling in Montgomery Township, perched on the very tip of a young pine. Through the lens it looks black. Just black, especially against a hard blue sky. But in Adobe Lightroom Classic I noticed it wasn't just black. In the summer, the feathers carry a greenish iridescence that only shows itself at certain angles, a shimmer of oil-on-water colour hiding inside what looks, from a distance, like soot. In winter, the same bird trades that shimmer for dark […]
European Starling in the Dogwood, earlier this spring. #starling #starlings #european #europeanstarling #europeanstarlings #bird #birds #birding #birder #birders #birdwatching #birdwatcher #birdwatchers #nature #beautyofnature #avian #avians #outdoors #outofdoors #outside #tree #trees #ornamentaltree #ornamentaltrees #floweringtree #floweringtrees #spring #growingseason #fecund #growingseasons #summer #sunrise #sunlight #pink #pinkbud #pinkbuds
European Starling 🐦
📍 Como Park (St Paul, Minnesota)
📷 Olympus E-M10 Mark II (150mm, ƒ/8, 1/250s, ISO 200)
📅 May 30th, 2026
#Photography #amateurPhotography #NaturePhotography #EuropeanStarling #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #birdWatching #birding #nature #BirdsOfPixelfed #BirdsOfMastodon #Outdoors #Minnesota #ComoPark #StPaul #SaintPaul #TwinCities #MSP #Olympus #EM10 #EM10MarkII #OMSystem #MNstodon #Spring
European Starling in the budding Dogwood Tree. #starling #starlings #european #europeanstarling #europeanstarlings #bird #birds #birding #birder #birders #birdwatching #birdwatcher #birdwatchers #nature #beautyofnature #avian #avians #outdoors #outofdoors #outside #tree #trees #ornamentaltree #ornamentaltrees #floweringtree #floweringtrees #spring #growingseason #fecund #growingseasons #summer #sunrise #sunlight #pink #pinkbud #pinkbuds
European Starling. Central Pennsylvania. #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdwatcher #birdwatchers #birder #birders #avian #avians #starling #europeanstarling #starlings #europeanstarlings #flight #inflight #dogwood #dogwoodtree #dogwoodtrees #ornamentaltree #ornamentaltrees #spring #springtime #fecund #growing #growingseasons #pennsylvania #pennsylvaniagarden #pennsylvaniagardens #gardens #gardening #gardener #garden
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European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris), 21st April 2024
es: Estornino Pinto, fr: Étourneau Sansonnet
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett), Naumkeag & Pawtucket traditional territory
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 798mm, 1/640s, f/11, ISO 8000
#Birds #EuropeanStarling #EUST #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages
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European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris), 13th June 2024
es: Estornino Pinto, fr: Étourneau Sansonnet
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 754mm, 60% crop, 1/400s, f/13, ISO 2500
#Birds #EuropeanStarling #EUST #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages
The Dinky Line Trail
A short trail tucked between offices and train tracks gave me more than I expected—dragonflies and turtles, doves, an osprey, and a crowded log of sliders.
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European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris), 13th June 2024
es: Estornino Pinto, fr: Étourneau Sansonnet
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett), Naumkeag & Pawtucket traditional territory
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 1120mm, 1/125s, f/13, ISO 4000
#Birds #EuropeanStarling #EUST #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages
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European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris), 5th April 2024
es: Estornino Pinto, fr: Étourneau Sansonnet
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 @ 637mm, 25% crop, 1/640s, f/10, ISO 800
#Birds #EuropeanStarling #EUST #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages
🌍🌏 Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds #AfricanBirds | #CommonStarling #EuropeanStarling #SturnusVulgaris | #Starlings #StarlingFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by TheOtherKev🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds
Starling on the Wire
Like most people, I love it when someone shares one of my images or posts—whether by reboosting or embedding it. But yesterday, I came across one of my images on BlueSky, posted by someone who claimed it as their own. Curious, I visited their profile and noticed several other images that I recognized from creators I follow on BlueSky.
I asked the person why they had done this, and their response was simple: they liked the image. Honestly, I’m torn between feeling flattered and frustrated—maybe it’s possible to feel both at once.
Anyway, this is an image of a European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) that I spotted yesterday while adventuring with Charlie. Starlings are an invasive species in North America, introduced in the 19th century. Now, their population has exploded to an estimated 200 million—so that cat is well and truly out of the bag.
If you enjoy nature photography, check out my photo gallery here:
Starling has hired me as his personal photographer and publicist. Please consider Starling as a spokesbird for your upcoming marketing campaigns. #birds #europeanstarling #naturalizednotinvasive #immigrantsgetthejobdone
Went out #birding this morning hoping to see a Red Whiskered Bulbul but no luck. We did see #EgyptianGoose #WoodDuck #Anhinga #BrownPelican #MitredParakeet #NorthernCardinal #Grackle #EuropeanStarling #RedWhiskeredBulbul
Maybe next time! 🐦
Starling Chaos at the Bird Buddy
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European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris), 16th November 2024
es: Estornino Pinto, fr: Étourneau Sansonnet
Old Harbor Reservation, Boston, Massachusetts
Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett) & Pawtucket traditional territory
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 1120mm, 70% crop, 1/400s, f/14, ISO 250
#Birds #EuropeanStarling #EUST #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages
Good morning. 🌳🐦☕
3 December 2024
It's babble day.
Imagine what you would think in 1974 if you saw somebody with an iPhone, using the flashlight in the dark. It would be an odd sight, if you were paying attention. You were a sci-fi fan you might think "Tricorder," a device built by Wah Ming Chang a prop designer for the original Star Trek TV series. The problem is that the iPhone is too small to me a Tricorder. It also is too sleek to be a Star Trek communicator, which looked like the flip phones of half a century later. I wonder where things will be in another 50 years. On a related subject William Shatner is 93 years old and still has a TV show.
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." - Arthur C. Clarke
#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #birdphotography #morning #technology #tree #EuropeanStarling #abstract #abstractPhotography
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European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris), 13th January 2022
es: Estornino Pinto, fr: Étourneau Sansonnet
Danehy Park, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett), Naumkeag & Pawtucket traditional territory
Canon EOS 90D, Sigma 150-600mm @ 600mm, 50% crop, 1/800s, f/6.3, ISO 2500
#Birds #EuropeanStarling #EUST #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages
#BirdMaxxing: 1 bird/hour until 11/11 🤖
European Starling, 9th September 2022
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Sigma 150-600mm + 1.4x teleconverter @ 840mm, 30% crop, 1/800s, f/9, ISO 800
#Birds #EuropeanStarling #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers
