Is there such a thing as a handsome Starling...?

[theMusicMan]

Spotted this little one posing for me a few days ago... quite a handsome specimen I thought...

http://e-group.uk.net/gallery/data/586/starling-4041882ps.jpg (http://e-group.uk.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/4434)

[Venomator]

All birds are handsome John ... :suspect: ... especially if they have some Green somewhere ... :D


Great capture ... :thumbs:





:p

[Cuddy]

The much maligned Starling, if these were rare people would travel miles to see them.

They have fantastic plumage and are great mimics, got one outside my house does a cracking curlew impression.

Nice shot John.

[theMusicMan]

Thanks both.

It's a little softer than usual as it was taken through glass with some ugly reflections in it at the time (me!!), and by the look of the image on here I might have oversharpened a little... hmmm... I only set the smartsharpen amount to 25 which is usually not enough to cause this effect.

Ho hum...

[lammie]

The answer to your question is yes. Nice capture.

[ellsworth]

nice shot through glass

he looks like he needs a pencil sharpener on his beak though..:)


ells

[Fangman]

Like you - I admire the starlings which arrive like a gang of hoodies, colourful, changing in the varying lighting conditions and guaranteed to make a good job of tidying up the table - even if they do manage to scatter most of the seed for the chaffinches, dunnocks, doves and pheasant waiting below!