Starlings

I liked this action photograph of the starlings apparently having a dispute. Well done in getting both birds in the frame as they make their way to the food source of whatever it was they were heading for. Well deserved 2nd place.

Not everyone knows this, but male starlings have blue at the base of the beak and female birds have pink at the base of the beak. The bird doing the feeding is clearly female as the pink at the base of the beak is quite noticeable.

Great image of the starllings drinking. Would have been in the top ten but the tail of the bird on the left has been cut off. If it's in the original image try reworking it as it is a very good image of that bird's face as it was drinking.

I liked this image of the immature starlings. They are beginning to get their winter plumage with the spots on the breast, as well as the colour in the flight feathers. Alert and watching they are not everyone's favourite bird but they are everywhere and seem to be one of nature's survivors.

Not everyone knows this, but male starlings have blue at the base of the beak and female birds have pink at the base of the beak. This one is clearly male as the blue at the base of the beak is quite noticeable.

Not everyone knows this, but male starlings have blue at the base of the beak and female birds have pink at the base of the beak. This one is clearly female as the pink at the base of the beak is quite noticeable.

I loved this image of this huge murmuration. A less common sight than it used to be. I'm always intrigued by the way the huge number of birds manage to resemble a giant predator to fool sparrowhawks who try to grab them in the air.

In this close-up shot the face of the birds gives away the fact that it is a type of starling. The head and eye are so similar to a common starling. Birds from tropical countries are generally more brightly coloured than those in Europe. Good portrait of this bird.