Re: STARLINGs & their Allies - Bird of the Month: April 2013
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 10:36 am
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STARLINGs & their Allies - Bird of the Month: April 2013
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Re: STARLINGs & their Allies - Bird of the Month: April 2013
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 10:15 am
By flying cheetah 2012:
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flying cheetah wrote: ↑Sat Oct 20, 2012 8:21 pm
But today I want to show you some pics of a special bird kill..a Starling who had caught a ScorpionIt took the bird nearly 10 minutes of hopping around and shaking the Scorpion before he finally could swallow it. I took plenty of pics but most of them were blurred because the bird never stood still
Here are the best ones:
Re: STARLINGs & their Allies - Bird of the Month: April 2013
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 10:50 am
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29m29 minutes ago
09:00
2 Leucistic Cape Glossy starlings on the stoep area in front of the shop
"A nice one for us birders."
H1-3, Tshokwane picnic site
Vis 5/5
Tinged by Gillian Soames
Re: STARLINGs & their Allies - Bird of the Month: April 2013
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 3:17 pm
It is not a leucistic Cape Glossy Starling, but a "normal" female Wattled Starling, with the pink bill, dark eye and black primaries. The overall morphology is quite different between these 2 species.
Re: STARLINGs & their Allies - Bird of the Month: April 2013
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 4:11 pm
Re: STARLINGs & their Allies - Bird of the Month: April 2013
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 4:11 pm
But the woman says she is a birder!
Re: STARLINGs & their Allies - Bird of the Month: April 2013
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 4:15 pm
SHE says so 
Maybe she only means that she like birds and is looking for birds
Maybe she only means that she like birds and is looking for birds
Re: STARLINGs & their Allies - Bird of the Month: April 2013
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2018 10:43 am
I also thought it was a Wattled starling but I know that Gillian Soames is an avid birder and would be surprised if she got it wrong. 
Re: STARLINGs & their Allies - Bird of the Month: April 2013
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2018 10:58 am
Well, this time she is 
Red legs and the colours are typical....and the silhouette of the head and bill. There is even a slight small spot of yellow behind the eye.
Red legs and the colours are typical....and the silhouette of the head and bill. There is even a slight small spot of yellow behind the eye.Re: STARLINGs & their Allies - Bird of the Month: April 2013
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2018 11:20 am
