The Common or European Starling
by Lyuba Filatova
Title
The Common or European Starling
Artist
Lyuba Filatova
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Description
Starlings turn from spotted and white to glossy and dark each year without shedding their feathers. The new feathers they grow in fall have bold white tips – that’s what gives them their spots. By spring, these tips have worn away, and the rest of the feather is dark and iridescent brown. It’s an unusual changing act that scientists term “wear molt.”
Taken in Massachusetts
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Comments (6)
Don Columbus
Congratulations Lyuba, your work is Featured in "Birds In Focus" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Don Columbus
Congratulations Lyuba, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Robyn King
Congratulations your beautiful work is being featured in Art For Close Ups And Macro Happy And Friendly:-)
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
William Tasker
Gorgeous capture of the starling, Lyuba! Do you think the face is molting? Thank you for submitting this fine image of this identified wild bird. It is now featured on the homepage of Wild Birds Of The World - A Nature Photography Group. L/F
Lyuba Filatova replied:
William, thank you very much for your kind comment and L/F! I don’t think the face is molting. I tried to find information about such an unusual face, but to no avail.
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