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

[Allen Batt]

If I were Batman (and how cool would that be) the starling would be my faithful companion Robin all 12 months of the year. They are lovely birds. As Robert Louis Stevenson wrote, “A birdie with a yellow bill Hopped upon my window sill, Cocked his shining eye and said: ‘Ain't you 'shamed, you sleepy-head!’" Clellan Card made good use of that bit of poetry.

Al Batt

> On Jan 24, 2022, at 4:02 PM, DONALD GRUSSING Owner via Mnbird <mnbird at lists.mnbird.net> wrote:
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> 
> 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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