Starlings

[poliphilo]

The starlings have found the suet blocks. It's like a Hitchcock movie out there.

I'm told people don't like starlings because they hang out in gangs and twitter too much. I think they're beautiful- sleek and streamlined like Concorde, with an iridescent sheen to them if you manage to get close.

The robin sits in the holly bush, a little apart, fluffs itself up and waits for them to bugger off.

Comments

[catvalente.livejournal.com]

I've always thought starlings were beautiful too--but then, I'm a sucker for a bird with a beautiful name. My husband HATES them, being a lifelong camper who has lost pounds and pounds of food to them.

But then, I always thought magpies were magical, having never seen them until I moved to California at age 13. My husband thinks they're a nuisance, having grown up with them.

[arielstarshadow.livejournal.com]

Methinks the poor robin will be waiting a very, very long time.