Stare and Starling
I love how busy and gregarious Starlings are. Their original name was Stare but over time the diminutive form, Starling, came to be used to refer to adults too.
Perhaps in the future we’ll all refer to Puffins as Pufflings?
Aren’t they fabulous in flight?
Standing in my garden and watching them come to feed in the surrounding fields is a joy.
More Starlings
Spectacular Starling We have a few visitors to the garden at the house we're house-sitting in Oxfordshire. A Starling is a welcome… read more
Juvenile Starling Starlings used to be called Stares. The word Starling was only used for juvenile Stares. We now use the cute… read more
Starlings in fine weather It's good weather, so I've returned to Rapness Mill to see if I can get some better action photographs of… read more
Feeding time It's important to time having your chicks at the time of maximum food abundance. The Starlings of Westray seem to… read more
Stares The word Starling means little Stare, a young Stare, a juvenile Stare. Stare is what adult Starlings were always called… read more
Starling in the Meadow As I arrive in Broken Tower Meadow in Rome a group of Starlings scatter from their fossicking in the meadow.… read more
Sunset Starlings That orange sky was enough and yet the Starlings made it even more of an experience. read more
An early morning I'm not usually out early in the morning. You might have noticed that my blog contains many, many sunset photographs… read more