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Jul 29, 2014 07:45 |  #31

Beekeeper wrote in post #17058201 (external link)
It's a juvenile European starling molting in adult winter plumage. Mine all look the same as the birds in your pictures. They start molting in the upper wing coverts first along with the some of the breast feathers.

Birderman, Common grackles have heavier bills, and even juvies have longer tails than starlings.

Looks like I need to retract my original statement and concur with the suggestions of European Starling Juv. After having the opportunity to observe a small flock this morning in my garden it looks like I may of been too hasty to dismiss the possibility of it being a starling. Although the juveniles I have seen previously have not appeared to show such distinct contrast between the wing feathers as in the OP photograph, the ones I saw this morning definately showed similar markings on the wings and closely match the OP photos.


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Jul 29, 2014 08:30 |  #32

Excluding the physical characteristics of this bird, one should observe the behavior as well. This bird was photographed in the classic "lawn mower" feeding behavior of the European Starling. I cannot think of a single bird that has a feeding posture as unique as the EUST. Especially displayed in images two and three.


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Jul 29, 2014 09:13 |  #33

Evan wrote in post #17063576 (external link)
Excluding the physical characteristics of this bird, one should observe the behavior as well. This bird was photographed in the classic "lawn mower" feeding behavior of the European Starling. I cannot think of a single bird that has a feeding posture as unique as the EUST. Especially displayed in images two and three.

This!

My first thought was that looks an awful lot like a starling. In the 3rd shot under the wing you can start to see the dotted belly feathers coming in. Plus it was in a flock with others, very few birds of that shape will be in big groups this time of year.


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Jul 29, 2014 09:32 |  #34

This is 100% a juvenile starling, but like Lester says it is very light in colour, maybe it just had a dust bath.


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