European Starling Bath House

In our neighborhood, Starlings travel in flocks in the hundreds. Still, they are dazzling birds when you get a good look at them. When such a group... more

by John Bartelt

Title

European Starling Bath House

Artist

John Bartelt

Medium

Photograph - Photography

Description

In our neighborhood, Starlings travel in flocks in the hundreds. Still, they are dazzling birds when you get a good look at them. When such a group swoops down on our feeding station their aggressive behavior scares away our regular birds and they’ll eat everything in and around the feeder. They have an omnivorous food habit, feeding on earthworms, centipedes, spiders, seeds, berries, plums, pears, cherries, and apples.

They have entertaining personalities too and apparently also care about their hygene as they surely demonstrate in this image. Starlings are great vocal mimics. Individuals can learn the calls of up to 20 different species. Birds whose songs starlings often copy include the Eastern Wood-Pewee, Killdeer, meadowlarks, Northern Bobwhite, Wood Thrush, Red-tailed Hawk, American Robin, Northern Flicker, and many others.

I am honored that this image has been Featured by the Administrators of the following Fine Art America Groups on their respective home pages:

1) “Whats New” 1-10-2020
2) “Water Forms” 1-13-2020


Original fine art photography by John Bartelt - Copyright 2010 - 2020 All Rights Reserved . WATERMARKS WILL NOT APPEAR ON PURCHASED IMAGES.

Keywords associated with this image include: wildlife, wildlife photography, wings, abundant, aggressive, avian, bird, bird watching, birding, birds, boisterous, european, feather, feathers, john bartelt, large flocks, nature, songbird, starling, wild,

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January 7th, 2020