The breeding starling is a compact, ... As for the brown, juvenile bird shown in the center of Figure 1 (above), it molts in the summer to its first winter plumage, ...

Purple Martin “I went to Venice Rookery, an Audubon location, hoping for an opportunity to get some great photos of the ...

Find out more about the European starling. ... black plumage has white spots all over; by winter, spots start to ... withdraws in winter from northern portion of range. Winter: ...

Here's how to prepare for winter visitors. Story by Gary Clark, Kathy Adams Clark, correspondents ... Juvenile songbirds now acquiring adult plumage leave parental grounds to find new homes.

Their iridescent black plumage features a cream-coloured speckle on the tip of each feather in winter (hence their name, "starling" and Sturnus, both of which which mean "little star").

Winter finally arrives. Some days all gray and gloomy, cold and windy; others with a sharp azure sky, slashed here and there with scudding clouds, the warmth of the sun on one’s face a glorious hint ...

Marte hasn’t played winter ball since between the 2017 and 2018 seasons after missing time in 2017 because of a suspension. A few ailments limited Marte, 35, to just 86 games in 2023.

Starlings look their best right around now, in the late fall and early winter. They have a seasonal color change that is rather unusual. Instead of the cyclical molts with birds like loons or ...

The male and female golden-breasted starling share the same coloring. The edges of the feather above appear iridescent, like a peacock’s. Feathers: Displays of Brilliant Plumage by Robert Clark ...

The Mets are hoping Starling Marte will have a bounce-back season in 2024 after suffering through an injury-filled campaign in 2023. If Saturday night’s Dominican Republic Professional Baseball ...

The Starling (Druid / Sturnus vulgaris). The non-breeding plumage is dark glossy, heavily spotted — most concentrated on the head — with pale brown-edge wing feathers and a dark beak.

Aberystwyth Pier is famous for it's amazing starling murmurations as 1000's of starlings descend on the pier at dusk - up to 10,000 birds in some instances. Watch a video clip and read more about ...