Re: Storm Birding & Mystery bird

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Posted by Trey on 19:41:25 07/09/05

In Reply to: Re: Storm Birding & Mystery bird posted by Bill Pranty

Thanks, I finally found a photo of a Starling molting.

Trey

: The short tails of the birds make them European Starlings not grackles -- and the white-spots-on-black winter plumage molting in on the bird on the lower left clinches the ID. No native blackbird or grackle has such plumage.
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The Photo is from Cornell University - Trey 19:42:44 07/09/05 (0)

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