Photo by BarrytheBirder
EUROPEAN STARLING
(Sturnus vulgaris)
In all my years as a birder, I have never seen a juvenile European Starling ... until today. It appeared with a group of adult birds and was being fed by, what I assumed, were its two parents. It was the same size as the parent birds, but it refused to feed itself, even when sitting on top of a feeder (see photo below). It was quite aggressive and demanding about being fed. It was dusky brown in colour with a pale throat, short tail, and a long beak, like its parents.
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BarrytheBirder
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