Thursday, December 16, 2010

Large flock of starlings - Skywatch Friday








Every once in a while I see a large flock of small birds buzzing around and I wonder "What are those little birds."  I was out at the celery fields in Sarasota recently and saw a flock flying on the other side of the lake. One minute they were in the cow pasture across the street and the next minute they were in the lake. They kept flying back and forth. I snapped a handful of pictures when they were headed into the lake and when I got home and zoomed in on them I realized they were European starlings. It's funny how close together they stay. It almost seemed like they were trying to take the lake with them. While this seems like a huge flock to me, they are found in flocks of over 1 million birds in England. Now that would be a sight to see.

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10 comments:

  1. Great shots dina, reminds me of watching millions of starlings coming to roost in the somerset levels in england. thanks for sharing your photos

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  2. Neat shots of the flock of starlings. It is cool to see so many at one time.

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  3. Beautiful photos. The birds must make a tremendous noise when they fly together.
    Congratulations on your photo and thanks for sharing.

    Greetings from Roberto

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  4. Awesome post! I've been getting some Starling pictures too that I hope to post soon. Yours are very exciting!

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  5. i would be just as surprised to find celery growing wild let alone the birds !!

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  6. WOW!! That's quite a 'group bath'! Super photos!

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  7. Quite a crowd there Dina.
    Have a great weekend.
    Costas

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  8. I so admire those photos of the birds. YOu've got a fast camera finger. Just beautiful.

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  9. Magnificent photos of birds... TONS of birds. I thought I have captured a lot of pigeons in my photo, but you are the winner!!!
    Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful weekend.
    Yoshi

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