A Feathered Flash Mob.

I was sitting quietly watching the sparrows and goldfinches on the bird feeders when suddenly all hell set off with lots of squawking. I looked up to see about 10 Starlings covering the feeders and the small birds had scarpered.

I then noticed the fantastic feather markings on these Starlings and hadn't realised that the edgings were pink in colour, unless this was an unusual breed. After all the fighting they were gone as quickly as they arrived, just like a Flash Mob happening in a shopping center.

Best viewed with a dark background.

[Candace]

Love this starling pose! Fav!

[Newbank Lass]

He does look pretty.

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Lovely capture and details

[Joyce]

This is a great shot heather. Full of colour and detail. Fav

[Hazel]

I like the bit of iridescence on his wings.

[essiesue]

What an amazing capture. I'm guessing many of us are noticing the markings for the first time. Beautiful! fav

[PhotoCrazy]

Nice capture!

[carol white]

A beautiful detailed capture. They do have lovely markings, even though they're very noisy. Fav!! 😃

[Joan Morvinson]

They are beautiful looking birds - maybe not well behaved though. Great capture

[Lin]

That's a beautiful flash mob member! A fav for me!

[Ivan]

The feathers are so nice with the iridescence.

[Nicole]

ow yes that is very pretty! well spotted!

[Janiskay]

Wonderful closeup!

[Rosie Kind]

Starlings have really lovely markings and you have captured this one's beautifully - Fav

[Shepherdman's Wife]

Great capture of a seldom seen bird around here!

[Bep]

Instant Fav. Wonderful close up.

[Margaret Pengelly]

Bird feathers always interest me. Such intricate designs repeated so accurately bird to bird. Lovely capture of this raider.

[Deborah McGavock]

What a fantastic picture! I've always loved the iridenence, but didn't know about the pink edging. FAV

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Super shot.

[Denise Wood]

I'd rather talk about cricket than these pest birds - now that's a statement coming from an Aussie!

[mzbull]

Nice shades of pink among the grey ;-)

[Rosan]

Wonderful detail! They do have pretty markings on their feathers.

[John]

Amazing color and design. Great capture of this beautiful bird!

[Julia]

beautiful feathers

[Nina Ganci]

wonderful details and colours
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[Carol]

Beautiful, great focus!