help with bird ID at Big Thompson Ponds SWA

[Beverly Head]

Hi All,

I realize that the photo of the bird flying is too blurry for Merlin to help with identification, but it shows better how the head is a soft tan, and that color is under its wings also. 

We saw this bird on the 2nd at the Big Thompson Ponds SWA, but I couldn't figure out until today how to add the pix.

Thanks for your help!!

Bev Head

Loveland, Seven Lakes

[Joe Kipper]

Bev,

Both photos show a European Starling!

Joe Kipper

[Caleb A]

Hi Bev

Yep, I second Joe K. European Starlings have a fairly impressive range of plumages, especially in juveniles and molts.

The birds are happy, and so am I

~Caleb Alons, Larimer County

[Joe Roller]

It was in September, about a dozen years ago, when a message came to me indirectly 

that someone had an Arizona Woodpecker visiting her Wheat Ridge feeder. She described it as "a woodpecker, overall brown, with spots. It matches the illustration in my field guide!"

Wow, I thought! A possible First State Record! I got over there in a jiffy, enjoyed the bucolic back yard, watched various birds come and go, and finally the homeowner exclaimed, "There it is! That woodpecker!" 

I soaked in the details of the young European Starling she pointed at, then politely thanked her and 

decided that chasing rare birds was often a thrill - but this time - not so much.

Joe Roller, Denver

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