{"id":9798,"date":"2013-10-15T03:45:54","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T09:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=9798"},"modified":"2026-04-28T07:19:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T12:19:38","slug":"eagle-in-de-skies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/10\/15\/eagle-in-de-skies\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagle in de skies"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"EuropeanEagle in de skies? Nope, a European Starling<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, I meant Eagle in disguise<\/em>, a European Starling. Couldn’t resist. They both do have feathers, fly and\u00a0are birds. And both have sharp bills and a piercing stare. The Starling’s stare might even look more menacing.<\/p>\n

One is respected in the U.S. and one is despised. We are in awe of one and the other; despite having beautiful plumage, is hated because it arrived from Europe and their population numbers exploded.<\/p>\n

A collective group of starlings are called a “filth”, “scourge” and “vulgarity” of starlings. The nicer collective nouns are “constellation” and “murmuration”.<\/p>\n

Anyway; Barbara, here is your Nightingale.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my European Starling photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oh, I meant Eagle in disguise, a European Starling. Couldn’t resist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":137842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,249,1144,26],"tags":[4004,4021,519,4035,4262,102,4032],"class_list":["post-9798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-european-starlings","category-great-salt-lake-utah","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-bird-photography","tag-nature","tag-nature-photography","tag-sturnus-vulgaris","tag-wildlife","tag-wildlife-photography"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t