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Birders

fadedrose

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1. I would say starlings, except that . . .

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Thu Jan 10, 2013, 10:06 AM

Jan 2013

right now, in winter, starlings are not black. They are deeply speckled mostly gray and black and have black beaks.

Come spring, their feathers turn to deep black and their beaks turn yellow, and they stay that way till late fall, when they start to speckle again..

They fly in huge flocks although some break off from time to time for food sources but they eventually return to the jittery flock.

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In SC, in cooler weather, one sees large flocks of small, black, noisy birds. [View all] raccoon Jan 2013 OP

I would say starlings, except that . . . fadedrose Jan 2013 #1

These are probably starlings. They are dark-colored but not black like crows. nt raccoon Jan 2013 #2

That sounds just like European Starlings. Curmudgeoness Jan 2013 #3

They are probably blackbirds. GoCubsGo Jan 2013 #4