Starlings

Long-tailed Starling in Mashatu – an unusual pose.

Glossy Starling on my telephoto lens in the Kalagadigadi

Red-winged Starling

Juvenile Wattled Starling waiting to be fed in the late afternoon sun in Mashatu

A male Wattled Starling – certainly unusual facial features. There were many flocks of these noisy birds following the Elephant as they foraged and stirred up the insects in the grass

A full face view of male Wattled Starling

A Burchell’s Starling with the sun catching the oily sheen on its feathers in the Kruger Park

Glossy Starling up close and photographable

This Burchell’s Starling was displaying in the bush just next to Leeupan in Kruger Park. It chortles and throws its head back as it is vocalising – fascinating behaviour

Adult Red-winged Starling in full sun on the lawn at Qwantani along the Sterkfontein dam in front of the Drakensberg.

A Pied Starling shot at Marievale

Burchell’s Starling displaying with its head arched back

A Plum-coloured Starling in a fig tree along the Olifants river in Kruger

Superb Starling in the Masai Mara

Superb Starling in the Masai Mara

Superb Starling in the Masai Mara

Female Red-winged Starling at Giant’s Castle

Female Red-winged Starling at Giant’s Castle

Male Red-winged Starling at Giant’s Castle

Two pairs of Red-winged Starlings waiting to pick the fat off the bones at the Vulture’s hide at Giant’s Castle

The red wing tips

Indian Myna

Indian Myna

Cape Glossy Starling

Cape Glossy Starling

Cape Glossy Starling

Cape Glossy Starling

Cape Glossy Starling

Cape Glossy Starling

Cape Glossy Starling

Superb Starling in the Serengeti

perb Starling in the Serengeti

Hildebrandt’s Starling in the Serengeti

Hildebrandt’s Starling in the Serengeti

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