[Mnbird] A scattering of snow bound starlings , st Michael, Wright county b but barely. Hennepin is just across the river

[DONALD GRUSSING Owner]

There are starlings everywhere. Find a crabapple tree that still has fruit, you'll find starlings. Not at all uncommon. 

Don Grussing 
Minnetonka 


From: "mnbird" <mnbird at lists.mnbird.net> 
To: "mnbird" <mnbird at lists.mnbird.net> 
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2022 3:06:42 PM 
Subject: [Mnbird] A scattering of snow bound starlings , st Michael, Wright county b but barely. Hennepin is just across the river 

I was looking at the puffed- against- the -cold eagles on my oak and the turkey lumps on my fence and trees when I saw a bird that upon 1st sight looked an awful lot (why is the lot awful?) like a starling. 

I did the only thing a birder could do ( especially given the severe cold); I grabbed my binoculars and trained them upon them 
They were having a go at my feeders. 

Yup. Stubby tail, black, but not entirely as the black seemingly masked just slightly brown and speckled and the head was a blacky sheen. The final id was that beak, longish and yellow. 

Three starlings. 
Aren't they supposed to be, literally snow birds? 


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