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Feb 29, 2020 5:24 PM
Kangadilla
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MrRobot323
That sure is a darling starling!
BreatheInBreatheOutBreatheInBreatheOut
Darling...
Vinboktu
Beautiful bird.
UptownWitch
I have ever seen a starling so pretty in the US.
Jumblium
Found out recently they feed their young primarily a type of grub that is harmful to grass and some beneficial plants.
daemonicapathy
Beau'iful plumage...
Jijinumerounodriver2
I like them. In Germany they are one of the most talented singers we got. They learn songs from other breeds and since they travel quite far
Jijinumerounodriver2
it is possible that you hear songs from birds that ain't native in your area sung by them
MyOtherPetIsACat
I'm a simple man, I upvote birbs.
vash77
My friends kid calls them poop birds because of the large numbers it rains poop in what ever tree the decide to nest in.
Whatsname
This mofos built a nest on my house. There was a literal line of shit from the nest to the neighbour's trees in les than two months
MaxxHadron
Is her name Clarice?
HamishHamilton0
Southern African ones are the same, but without the spots or stripes. Just glossy blue/green all over.
beckyv13
I hate them, greedy and mean
duchessofawesome
“Fuck starlings.” -Usidore the Blue.
MystieOfTheCelts
This is a starling ! I've never seen this bird before, it's beautiful.
Clayphish
Invasive >:(
TaquoBella
They’re not this pretty in Texas
TsubakiTragic
shit birds
xomarie
Wow it’s like water colour!
Coastkayakfishing
Interestingly starlings see in more of the spectrum than we do, fully able to see in uv light. So to each other they look much more vibrant.
Coastkayakfishing
https://www.google.com/search?q=uv+starling&client=firefox-b-m&sxsrf=ALeKk00fC6uNjVBytCoTiGApFgasnigbbw:1583018161029&source=lnms&tbm=isch&s
drinkyoureeffoc
Wow. I’ve never seen such beautiful coloring and pattern
angryregistrar
It's a photomanip to make the colors more visible. You'd have to get really close and be in really bright light to see it normally.
seckzie
In real life the actually shimmer like an oil spill in water, especially in sunlight. I bet they secrete some special oil on their plumage.
Coastkayakfishing
https://www.google.com/search?q=uv+starling&client=firefox-b-m&sxsrf=ALeKk00fC6uNjVBytCoTiGApFgasnigbbw:1583018161029&source=lnms&tbm=isch&s
alexlifeson44
Winter feathers. Change in spring
Sauroctonus
Their feathers are always like this, but it's only noticeable in bright sunlight.
gombo
GORGEOUS ‼️
Ankylosaur
i am starled
owQuitit
Pest
RigoryMorty
Not everywhere.
owQuitit
They kill other birds to take over their nest and to ensure propigation
RigoryMorty
Well yeah, it's a clever system. That makes them smart, not evil or pests.
AFistfulOfDollHairs
Huh. Looks a lot like this
VarthGaydar
Hello Clarice
mycousinthewifebeater
babuachu2
Do you hear the lambs screaming, Clarice?
ilovedogknots
He’s so shiny
tegfdd77
And sparkly
mannyy
Hello Clarice...
LanceCorporalCarrotIronfoundersson
My friend doesn't get it.
CSharpShooter
Character in Silence of the Lambs is named Clarice Starling.
Kvothefefe
Tangentbordskrigare
nygreenguy
Pretty picture but fuck those birds (in the US at least)
RandomDime
Hello from the magic tavern?
Katateochi
like winged (diseased) rats or a swarm of locusts. fuckers are trying to roost around my farm; using a drone to chase them off each evening.
DreamWeavr
Do you want avian flu too?
grndpnder
Duct tape it first so it doesn't explode.
justenoughfunny
They just migrated through my farm and my cats had a fuckin field day
OccupieCommonSense
Yes, very destructive birds...
creamyonions
Showed this to my grandma and she said "Odd such a useless bird is so pretty."
nygreenguy
See purple loosestrife. Terrible invasive but beautiful.
oilgod
Eurotrash, we call them.
CompletelyUniqueUsername
Check out a YouTube channel called Ted s hold over.
DrSnuess
Those birds are so stinkin dirty. Fleas yuck!!!
PillowFortPolice
There all over the place where I live in southern US, they're not really a problem.
nygreenguy
They cause over $800 million in crop losses and another $800 million in disease to livestock and humans.
khazaria
They may not bother you in particular, but they are an environmental problem
mymetalbraisthelaw
Also in the UK! Bastard birds.
TheRicM
Why
Katateochi
carrier of diseases, move in swarms (not flocks) that decimate crops & natural habitat of other smaller (native) birds.
PoOtEr144
The sterlings around where I live really dumb. They will dive bomb your car, run into windows, and there numbers make them bullies to 1/2
PoOtEr144
Other birds around the feeder. They're kind of a annoying. 2/2
vividcivet
They're aggressive invasive species that will destroy the nest (and chicks) of other birds. They're surprisingly fearless and will even go
vividcivet
after large birds of prey and even their own species. In some areas these are the most common (or only) bird around now.
Corona688
they're an introduced species, introduced on purpose, because someone wanted all the birds mentioned by shakespeare breeding invasively
TheRicM
Thanks for the info! But why "fuck those birds" though? Just too many numbers? Their behavior? Diet?
CyanideBreathMint
That's how they're invasive. Too many people fucking them.
DomerPyle
They're fucking too many people
johnvictor
Invasive species bump out native species.
TheRicM
I see, thanks
Corona688
Have you seen a purple martin lately? No? They're why.
TheRicM
Got it, thx
drsisler
They destroy crops, they breed like mad, they do damage. Them and pigeons, its legal to do just about anything to them to kill or ge trid of
AlwaysSleepDeprived
Please don't fuck them
grndpnder
Duct tape them first so they don't explode.
hungriesthippo
Omgeddieb
Usidor, is that you?
Kiweie
wizard of the 12th Realm of Ephysiyies, master of light and Shadow, manipulator of magical delights, and devourer of chaos?
Omgeddieb
Indeed... https://twitter.com/usidoretheblue/status/927710616768401409?s=20
LiteCow
I'm a pilot, and one of the most terrifying moments in my career was when I had to reject a takeoff with minimal runway because (1/2)
LiteCow
a MASSIVE murmuration of starlings took to the air over the runway I was about to lift off from. I put those foot brakes thru the floor(2/3)
LiteCow
just to get stopped before I ran out of runway. Looked like a black tsunami of birds. So yeah. Fuck those things.
stoffo
Fucking nature interrupting our commute from shoebox apparments to open office spaces
magicpocket
Holy shit