Kay 3,709 Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 is this a young starling ? theres dozons of them here & there attacking the house sparrow,s i have never seen anything like it before so am curious Quote Link to post Share on other sites
theferreter 311 Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 yes kay thats a young starling Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted July 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 yes kay thats a young starling Thanks , there vicious little things Quote Link to post Share on other sites
theferreter 311 Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 yes kay thats a young starling Thanks , there vicious little things they are indeed kay noisey hungrey little buggers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martin 332 Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 Years ago we used to get 6d(old money)for their wings,but,they are protected nowadays. Martin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
breeze 1,408 Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 Some folk say that they becoming rare . . . Not around these part's there not Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Millet 4,497 Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 They are rare around this neck of the wood's and there population is a fraction of what it used to be.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moll. 1,793 Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 Same here, i miss them, used to love their song Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kenny14 656 Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 They're much rarer round here now too. Years ago around this time, there would be huge flocks of youngsters filling the hedge tops waiting for their parents to feed them, now it's rare to see more than a dozen or so together. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kenny14 656 Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 Same here, i miss them, used to love their song Can't say that I particularly like their song, but they're very good mimics. I often heard them copying other Bird song, and even the old telephone ring. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Millet 4,497 Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 I can allway's remember one mimicking a budgie in my garden many moons ago..when i first heard it i thought they was an escaped budgie out side. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
theferreter 311 Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 theres no shortage of them round this neck of the woods Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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