Starling feeding young
Some more bits of bird behaviour tonight. While Margaret and I were sitting out on the patio having a coffee the starlings descended en masse on the bird feeder. We noticed that the young starlings might be able to fly up to the bird feeder but could not keep themselves steady enough by flapping their wings to actually feed themselves. Instead they hung around either on the grass or in this case a the top of the bird feeder waiting for their parents to feed them. Luckily with 4K capture I was able to catch them in the act so as to speak. Sorry to keep banging on about 4K capture but it is opening up a whole new world of action photography for me. What is interesting is the fact that the young bird is actually bigger than its parent ( a female I suspect }
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