ABC Wednesday......
S is for Sultanas and Starlings.......
Take one dish of sultanas (or raisins, or currants....) that have been soaked overnight...
...place on the lawn....
.....and wait.....
Of course, there are usually more than this, but today, as I wanted pictures of them..... hey ho! One day last week I counted 37 young ones. The adults made it at least 50.I know some people try to discourage them, but I love to help out the starlings. Their population has declined 75% since the early 1980s. If we're not careful, we'll lose forever that glorious sight of large flocks coming in to roost. Thousands of birds, turning and twisting through shapes in the air, a cloud opening and closing, hoops of black feathery water pouring down into the trees....
...not here though. Here, I give you SEVEN STARLING fledglingS popping by for a lunch of juicy SULTANAS:
(ooops... I think on recount, that's actually eight! Sorry!)*****
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