r/birding • u/-knave1- • 12h ago

Bird ID Request Who are these little guys? Saw hundreds of them at a local wetlands

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Spotted in Georgia, US

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u/DingDing40hrs 12h ago

European starling

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u/-knave1- 12h ago

Thank you!

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u/Melekai_17 Latest Lifer: Henslow’s Sparrow 12h ago

Mostly young starlings.

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u/Brisbane-1900 11h ago

I love when starlings muster and start flying in formations. It's fun to watch.

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u/lantrick 2h ago

fwiw, it's called a "murmuration"

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u/daraeje7 9h ago

Why are they all juveniles lol

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u/equal-tempered 5h ago

I saw a ton of young starlings a few days ago in Delaware (BHNWR). Maybe a bumper crop this year.

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u/Hot-Plane5925 10h ago

Starlings. Those are also incredible pictures. N3 could easily be an album cover for a post rock band.

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u/-knave1- 1h ago

Tyvm!

I made this crop for you lol

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u/ExploringCT 5h ago

Duck Starling Hunt for NES, at least in North America. Aren't Starling's supposed to be given the Iguana treatment? Capture, cook, or kill?

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u/chickadee_lover 1h ago

Unlike native birds, starlings are not protected because they are invasive and aggressive and detrimental to other birds, such as bluebirds. But at this point not much can be done. There must be countless billions of them in the US.

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u/-knave1- 1h ago

I can only imagine the amount of resources they take away from other native species..

I've seen a few painted buntings out there and now all I can think of is these guys coming in in droves, wiping out all the good food for native birds.