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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: ravynne40 on July 28, 2009, 07:49:01 PM

Title: need help in Id-ing this cute bird
Post by: ravynne40 on July 28, 2009, 07:49:01 PM

this bird was seen down by Lakeview, Mississauga

(http://outdoorontario.net/Gallery/albums/album19/SomethingDownThere_1166.jpg)

much appreciate

ravynne

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Post by: Brian Bailey on July 28, 2009, 09:45:41 PM

Hmmm.  Not a lot to go on here, but it's a juvenile:  possibly a grackle, but more likely a starling.

BB

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Post by: ravynne40 on July 28, 2009, 10:20:19 PM

baby starlings are brown? i never knew that

ty so much :)

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Post by: Kin Lau on July 28, 2009, 10:24:52 PM

Not much to go on here, but the curved bill would suggest Juvi Common Grackle to me over Juvi Starling.

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Post by: Niloc on July 30, 2009, 09:33:37 AM

I have alot of these at my bird feeder now I would say for sure it is an immature Grackle if the eyes were yellow not positive from the above pic...here is a close up btw looks like they go from Brown to the Glossy Black and Purple as I am starting to observe the colour change..

http://www.canadianphotoclub.com/galler ... hoto=27673 (http://www.canadianphotoclub.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=27673)

Title: Juvenile European Starling
Post by: Iain on July 30, 2009, 06:49:39 PM

Beak shape and eye colour confirm Starling.  Juveniles are quite conspicuous at this time of year.

Iain

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Post by: The Observer on July 30, 2009, 06:59:47 PM

Immature European Starling... woo hoo!!! You have just removed one of the many "?" from my iphoto descriptions and I thank you!