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  • The Common Starling, also known as the European Starling or in the British Isles just the Starling, is a medium-sized passerine bird in the starling family Sturnidae.<br />
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First brought to North America by Shakespeare enthusiasts in the nineteenth century, European Starlings are now among the continent?s most numerous songbirds. They are stocky black birds with short tails, triangular wings, and long, pointed bills. Though they?re sometimes resented for their abundance and aggressiveness, they?re still dazzling birds when you get a good look. Covered in white spots during winter, they turn dark and glossy in summer. For much of the year, they wheel through the sky and mob lawns in big, noisy flocks.
    Starling On Lime Grass.jpg
  • A Male Purple Finch On A Tree Branch From Behind
    Male Purple Finch From Behind.jpg
  • bold colors on this male purple finch
    Male Purple Finch.jpg
  • A Female Purple Finch On A Dead Tree Backlit From The Sun
    Backlit Female Purple Finch.jpg
  • A Purple Finch Perched On A Tree Limb During A Snow Storm
    Snowy Winter Purple Finch.jpg
  • A Female Purple Finch Sits Nestled In A Tree, On The Lookout For Her Next Meal
    Female Purple Finch.jpg
  • A Female Purple Finch Posted On Top Of A Dead Tree
    Fem Purp Finch Posted.jpg
  • Miss finch peeks over her shoulder to smile for the camera
    Purple Finch Behind.jpg
  • A friendly finch visits the yard on a colorful autumn day
    Mrs Purple Finch.jpg
  • A Male Purple Finch On A Tree Branch From Behind
    Male Purple Finch From Behind.jpg
  • A Purple Finch Perched On A Tree Limb During A Snow Storm
    Snowy Winter Purple Finch.jpg
  • An inquisitive little finch strikes a pose
    Curious Female Purple Finch.jpg
  • A Purple Finch Perched On A Tree Stump After The Rain
    Pretty On My Perch.jpg
  • A Female Purple Finch Up Close and Personal. This little lady landed on the swing just in front of the lens for a detailed shot
    Female House Finch Blue Bar.jpg
  • A Purple Finch Perched On A Tree Stump After The Rain
    Pretty On My Perch.jpg
  • Male Purple Finch On A Bare Tree Branch
    Mr Finch Standing Tall.jpg
  • A Male Purple Finch On A Branch With A Proud Pose.
    A Finch With Flare.jpg
  • Two pink flamingos highlighted in blue and purple fantasy lighting, taken at the Saint Louis Zoo.<br />
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Flamingos often stand on one leg, the other leg tucked beneath the body. The reason for this behavior is not fully understood. Recent research indicates that standing on one leg may allow the birds to conserve more body heat, given that they spend a significant amount of time wading in cold water. However, the behavior also takes place in warm water. As well as standing in the water, flamingos may stamp their webbed feet in the mud to stir up food from the bottom.<br />
Young flamingos hatch with grayish reddish plumage, but adults range from light pink to bright red due to aqueous bacteria and beta-Carotene obtained from their food supply. A well-fed, healthy flamingo is more vibrantly colored and thus a more desirable mate; a white or pale flamingo, however, is usually unhealthy or malnourished. Captive flamingos are a notable exception; many turn a pale pink as they are not fed carotene at levels comparable to the wild
    Flamingos In Fantast Lights.jpg
  • A song outside my window this morning from this chipper female purple finch
    Good Morning P Finch.jpg
  • A Red Male House Finch on a spring blooming tree branch with pink and purple blossoms.
    Red Male House Finch-E.jpg
  • A lonely Robin perches in a bare isolated winter tree as the sun begins to set and casts shades of purple splendor through the skies.
    Robins Lonely Tree.jpg
  • A male purple finch fluffs his feathers on a tree branch after a thunderstorm
    Finch Fluff.jpg
  • Mr. Purple Finch Perched On A Branch Contrasts Against The Summer Green Foliage From Behind
    Male P-Finch Long.jpg
  • A Tufted Titmouse poses on a tree branch against a mixed backdrop of soft yellow and purple hues.
    Sunny Tit Pic.jpg
  • A male Northern Cardinal flies through the winter storm dodging the tree branches in the woods laden with icicles. The skies were dull and grey with a bit of a purple tint, the air was brisk and chilly. The only signs of beauty and life was this bold red bird flying from tree to tree on this cold winter day in my Missouri back yard.
    Flight Of A Winter Cardinal.jpg
  • A Male Purple Finch Sits On His Perch Soaking Up Some Afternoon Warmth
    Mr P Finch Afternoon Bokeh.jpg
  • A Tufted Titmouse perched on a small tree branch with a background of purple and orange hues.
    Tufted on Violet.jpg
  • A Robin Perched In A Tree With Violet Light
    Robin On Violet.jpg
  • A Female Finch Stands Perched By The Dance Of Violet Lights
    Violet Twilight Finch.jpg
  • Tufted in Lavender.jpg
  • A female cardinal perched in a tree
    Female Cardinal in Lavender Light.jpg
  • A Monarch Butterfly in Fluid Style Perches atop A Yellow Wildflower During Afternoon Showers.<br />
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The monarch is famous for its southward migration and northward return in summer from Canada to Mexico and Baja California which spans the life of three to four generations of the butterfly<br />
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Monarchs are especially noted for their lengthy annual migration. In North America, they make massive southward migrations starting in August until the first frost. A northward migration takes place in the spring. The monarch is the only butterfly that migrates both north and south as the birds do on a regular basis, but no single individual makes the entire round trip. Female monarchs deposit eggs for the next generation during these migrations.<br />
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Monarch butterflies are poisonous or distasteful to birds and mammals because of the presence of the cardiac glycosides contained in milkweed consumed by the larvae. The bright colors of larvae and adults are thought to function as warning colors. During hibernation, monarch butterflies sometimes suffer losses because hungry birds pick through them looking for the butterflies with the least amount of poison, but in the process kill those they reject.
    Butterfly Striations.jpg
  • A Juvenile Yellow Variant House Finch
    Juvenile Purple Finch.jpg