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Showing posts with label Rose-coloured Starling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rose-coloured Starling. Show all posts
Saturday, 8 December 2018
Fourth time lucky...
We were fourth time lucky with the Rose-coloured Starling in North Seaton village early this afternoon. Otherwise the bay was extremely quiet...
Sunday, 20 May 2018
Rosy Starling...
Yesterday morning on our way to Druridge we called in to Falston Crescent in Ashington to have a look at the adult Rose-coloured Starling. It was showing really well, although the light wasn't great. It was nice to hear it singing well too; a subtly different song to Common Starling, slightly slower and lower-pitched.
We decided to have another look at it in the evening, hoping for better light, and sure enough it was still in the garden, providing some better photo opportunities...
The garden also held a few other species...
Druridge still held a good selection on the the coal road pools including a very brief adult summer Little Gull, Little Stint, Wood Sandpiper, Glossy Ibis, Garganey, Whooper Swan and a flyover Arctic Tern.
We decided to have another look at it in the evening, hoping for better light, and sure enough it was still in the garden, providing some better photo opportunities...
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Sunday, 25 September 2016
Rosy Starling...
Just my second Rose-coloured Starling after last year's bird in Prudhoe, with this individual being a smart juvenile. Not the easiest of viewing by the A697 this afternoon however we were eventually treated to some good views as it sat (mostly) in the open for a few minutes...
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Sunday, 18 January 2015
Rosy
Earlier reports of the Rose-coloured Starling in Prudhoe suggested that it was very hard to catch up with, so we weren't very optimistic when we set off this morning. We decided to leave the car to make sure we didn't get stuck on the ice on any of the slopes and walk instead. An hour later we were still walking around in the drizzle when I looked at four silhouetted starlings and saw that one of them was the adult Rose-coloured Starling. I managed to take a few record shots in the horrific light before it flew off. Certainly not an easy bird to find and surprisingly easy to overlook...
On the way home we stopped in at Big Waters and the highlight was 2 Willow Tits in the woods.
On the way home we stopped in at Big Waters and the highlight was 2 Willow Tits in the woods.
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