Sparrows and starlings
May 21st, 2008 by Birdy Trish
This morning I mistook a starling for a blackbird.
The bird was high in a hedge and the yellow beak and black feathers seemed to point to it being a blackbird.
It was singing a strange song for a blackbird though, so I took a longer look and I saw the flecks of white on it’s plumage and saw the beak was not really ‘yellow’, just a light colour.
Then I realised it was a starling. Within minutes other starlings had gathered and were surrounding the ground feeder.
I wonder if other people make this mistake - or am I the only one.
