Petrol

Taken just before lockdown, this Starling is showing all it’s beautiful petrol coloured plumage, so colourful. From a distance without sunshine they appear black but I love the way the light shows up all the colours.
Better on black

Thank you for all your lovely comments and favs all are appreciated and welcome.

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Lovely capture

[Sue Hecker]

I find starlings interesting too, irridescent.

[Diana]

Awedome capture, you caught the tones perfectly.

[Beryl Lloyd]

You can not love these feisty squabbling birds ! Such gorgeous markings and the iridescent colours in the shine on their feathers ! Lovely shot ! fav

[carol white]

A lovely close up capture. Fav!! 😀

[Nina Ganci]

incredible details, markings and colours
fav

[Judith Johnson]

Don't they have incredible colourings? I hadn't realised they had such vibrant legs! Fav!

[Elizabeth]

Beautiful iridescent feathers.

[haskar]

Fabulous capture.

[Debra]

They are not my favorite bird...when they return I always take my feeder down, they are such hoarders. This is a great capture, you really picked up their colors - fav

[KoalaGardens🐨]

gosh I never associated their colours with petrol, hope I can get that out of my head again! that image is just superb

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot

[GaryW]

Always amazed at these.

[Pyrrhula]

Beautiful close up capture. Fav.

[Kathy]

You always have the best starling photos.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great details in this.

[Babs]

The colours are beautiful.

[eDorre]

What an excellent shot!

[Milanie]

The plumage on these birds always surprises me - they're really so beautiful, especially against black.

[amyK]

They are beautiful...helps make up for their personalities!

[Pam G]

Nice!

[Issi Bannerman]

It does have beautiful colours and plumage. Nice capture.

[Margo]

He is actually a beautiful bird

[julia]

They do have lovely colours.. but this shot also shiws how oily there feathers are..

[Dione Giorgio]

An amazing capture. You have brought out all the lovely colours of his plumage. Fav.

[Fisher Family]

You've caught the colours and details really well here and produced a super result - fav!

Ian

[Rob Z]

I have never seen a starling up close - he's actually quite lovely. :)