{"id":20744,"date":"2025-01-19T07:13:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T12:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=20744"},"modified":"2025-01-19T07:13:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T12:13:33","slug":"maine-we-dont-like-starlings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=20744","title":{"rendered":"Maine! We don\u2019t like Starlings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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European Starling: Kennebunk, Maine, USA, January 2025 \u2014 We don\u2019t like European Starlings much here in the US\u2026and there are lots of good reasons not to like Starlings\u2026invasive\u2026aggressive\u2026noisy\u2026messy\u2026voracious eaters of our seed\u2026but, seen dispassionately (and in someone else\u2019s yard) I, at least, can not deny that they have certain elegant beauty, and when the light on them brings out the iridescence\u2026even an opaline splendor. I actually don\u2019t see many starlings here Southern Maine. The few hanging with the local winter flock of Robins this year are the first I have seen, or at least noticed, in several years. I would not want to see it become a trend, but I don\u2019t mind seeing one once in a while (in someone else\u2019s yard). Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 Di iii @ 600mm equivalent. Program mode with bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator. <\/p>\n

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