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Most of my visiting Sturklets are now self supporting. Mum and Dad have given them the slip and they're on their own.
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Still have some adult starlings here taking away food. New batch of fledglings on their way no doubt.
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Got a new batch of fledglings, and food still being taken away. Could be a good season for starlings.
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Near miss.

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Willpar wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 7:23 pm Got a new batch of fledglings, and food still being taken away. Could be a good season for starlings.
Same here, new fledglings being fed by parents, and food being taken away! How many broods they are going to have this year? :eek: :D
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Butterfly wrote: Sun Jun 16, 2019 5:50 pm
Willpar wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 7:23 pm Got a new batch of fledglings, and food still being taken away. Could be a good season for starlings.
Same here, new fledglings being fed by parents, and food being taken away! How many broods they are going to have this year? :eek: :D
That's it for this year and they don't always have two broods. :shake:
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Jacksparrow wrote: Sun Jun 16, 2019 8:12 pm
Butterfly wrote: Sun Jun 16, 2019 5:50 pm
Willpar wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 7:23 pm Got a new batch of fledglings, and food still being taken away. Could be a good season for starlings.
Same here, new fledglings being fed by parents, and food being taken away! How many broods they are going to have this year? :eek: :D
That's it for this year and they don't always have two broods. :shake:
No they don't :shake: , so its really nice to see that they have lots of babies this year :clap: . They never stop chattering and bickering :shake: :D
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I see few of young starlings with those trademark spotty feathers, isn't it a bit early for changing feathers? :unsure:
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For the earliest of the fledglings I think it is just about time for the first moult. It is a slow process but the start of September should see it complete.
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This morning in the covered feeder, a pair of starlings feeding three fledglings. And another adult took away a beakfull of mealworms. Its not over yet.
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