The Starlings are flocking.
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The Starlings are flocking.
Huge flocks this time of year. They don't often land in the yard. The picture doesn't do justice as to the size but if I had opened the door there would be no picture.
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John & Mary Burger
Eagle's Lair Woodshop
Hooper, UT
Eagle's Lair Woodshop
Hooper, UT
Re: The Starlings are flocking.
Love the image!
Ed
Ed
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Re: The Starlings are flocking.
That's wonderful, you're in the Pacific Flyway. When I was a kid I frequently stayed with my grandma in southern Illinois. She hated starlings, they were always making a racket and harassing her other birds. She would shoo them away, and I always got a kick out of her. Love the photo. From that shot I can imagine the numbers because I've seen something similar in the fields near my dad's place in southeast Missouri. One year when I was visiting him they had thousands of snow geese hanging out like your starlings. Very cool.
Marc Jones
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Mark 5 Model 500 (1955), s/n: 309828 (MickyD restored in 2008/09) / Magna Jigsaw Model 610, s/n 65001 / Yuba 11” Bandsaw Model 630, s/n 39807 / Magna Jointer Model 620, s/n 17792 (restored in 2021) / Magna 6” Belt Sander Model 640, s/n 13742 (to be restored)
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Re: The Starlings are flocking.
It looks like something out of a certain Alfred Hitchcock movie!
Re: The Starlings are flocking.
Yeh, that was my first thought for the subject of the thread but I changed it for no particular reason.BuckeyeDennis wrote: ↑Thu Nov 18, 2021 9:30 pm It looks like something out of a certain Alfred Hitchcock movie!
John & Mary Burger
Eagle's Lair Woodshop
Hooper, UT
Eagle's Lair Woodshop
Hooper, UT
Re: The Starlings are flocking.
There's nothing quite like seeing a mumeration of darling starlings flocking.
Re: The Starlings are flocking.
When I was a kid in S. IL, our little town would hold a Labor Day celebration each year. Huge Elms and Oaks lined the streets. The Starlings took roost by the hundreds and they'd poop all over the cars and, pedestrians couldn't avoid stepping in it or, being hit.
The men of the town would bring their 12 gauges and fire into the trees. Might hit a couple but the rest flew, only to return within minutes. A futile waste of ammo but, they had fun!
The men of the town would bring their 12 gauges and fire into the trees. Might hit a couple but the rest flew, only to return within minutes. A futile waste of ammo but, they had fun!
Re: The Starlings are flocking.
What town in S. IL? My grandmother and great aunt lived in Rosiclare and Elizabethtown, right on the Ohio River, and I have a bunch of relatives in Reevesville.DZIN wrote: ↑Sat Nov 20, 2021 12:34 pm When I was a kid in S. IL, our little town would hold a Labor Day celebration each year. Huge Elms and Oaks lined the streets. The Starlings took roost by the hundreds and they'd poop all over the cars and, pedestrians couldn't avoid stepping in it or, being hit.
The men of the town would bring their 12 gauges and fire into the trees. Might hit a couple but the rest flew, only to return within minutes. A futile waste of ammo but, they had fun!
Marc Jones
Model 10ER (1952), s/n: 72883 (MickyD restored in 2009/10) / Variable Speed Changer / A-34 Jigsaw / Jointer-Shaper Fence
Mark 5 Model 500 (1955), s/n: 309828 (MickyD restored in 2008/09) / Magna Jigsaw Model 610, s/n 65001 / Yuba 11” Bandsaw Model 630, s/n 39807 / Magna Jointer Model 620, s/n 17792 (restored in 2021) / Magna 6” Belt Sander Model 640, s/n 13742 (to be restored)
Professional Planer Model M5082, s/n 003918
DC3300 Dust Collector (circa 1998)
Model 10ER (1952), s/n: 72883 (MickyD restored in 2009/10) / Variable Speed Changer / A-34 Jigsaw / Jointer-Shaper Fence
Mark 5 Model 500 (1955), s/n: 309828 (MickyD restored in 2008/09) / Magna Jigsaw Model 610, s/n 65001 / Yuba 11” Bandsaw Model 630, s/n 39807 / Magna Jointer Model 620, s/n 17792 (restored in 2021) / Magna 6” Belt Sander Model 640, s/n 13742 (to be restored)
Professional Planer Model M5082, s/n 003918
DC3300 Dust Collector (circa 1998)
Re: The Starlings are flocking.
Marc, the town is St. Elmo. About 18 mi. west of Effingham.
Re: The Starlings are flocking.
Ah, north of where my dad’s family is from, but close to where my mom grew up, which is Danville. I spent my first 19 years in Eureka, MO; before I joined the Navy.
Marc Jones
Model 10ER (1952), s/n: 72883 (MickyD restored in 2009/10) / Variable Speed Changer / A-34 Jigsaw / Jointer-Shaper Fence
Mark 5 Model 500 (1955), s/n: 309828 (MickyD restored in 2008/09) / Magna Jigsaw Model 610, s/n 65001 / Yuba 11” Bandsaw Model 630, s/n 39807 / Magna Jointer Model 620, s/n 17792 (restored in 2021) / Magna 6” Belt Sander Model 640, s/n 13742 (to be restored)
Professional Planer Model M5082, s/n 003918
DC3300 Dust Collector (circa 1998)
Model 10ER (1952), s/n: 72883 (MickyD restored in 2009/10) / Variable Speed Changer / A-34 Jigsaw / Jointer-Shaper Fence
Mark 5 Model 500 (1955), s/n: 309828 (MickyD restored in 2008/09) / Magna Jigsaw Model 610, s/n 65001 / Yuba 11” Bandsaw Model 630, s/n 39807 / Magna Jointer Model 620, s/n 17792 (restored in 2021) / Magna 6” Belt Sander Model 640, s/n 13742 (to be restored)
Professional Planer Model M5082, s/n 003918
DC3300 Dust Collector (circa 1998)