Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Hungry Starling


Open wide!
Originally uploaded by catb
catbhas won the Birds Eye Award for his stunning picture - Open Wide

Starlings, as so many other species, were first brought to North America in the late 1800's. They have been a factor in reducing native cavity nesting bird populations (such as Bluebirds and Red-headed Woodpeckers) by competing aggressively for nesting cavities.

8 comments:

tegdirb92 said...

what a stunning capture!! Beautiful!

mousey said...

great shot and good timing!

happy ww!

Tammi said...

Oh how sweet! What a wonderful shot:)

Sandy Carlson said...

That's amazing. Looks like a happy couple.

Isabelle aka Tricotine said...

Wonderful shot! :-)

Happy WW! :-)

MissMeliss said...

Great shot!

Chris in Oxford said...

Great nature shot!

Proverbs 31 Woman Wannabe said...

You captured a beautiful picture there. We get so many Starlings and they are piggies!