Jeff & Konnor's Blog

We had thought that spotted starling (last week's pic) versus shiny starling (below; click to enhance shininess) was a male/female thing, but it's actually a seasonal thing. Spotted = fall/winter; Shiny = spring/summer. Starlings come to our feeder only when there is lots of snow on the ground, but they do so by the dozen. This particular starling was showing off its mimicking skills -- in the five minutes we were listening, it did robin, quail, finch, chickadee, squirrel, and some originals.

Work has been very busy for both of us. The secret film Konnor's working on is shooting, and the secret university Jeff teaches at is changing online learning platforms. Not a lot of time to find pretty things to take pictures of. However, we are working on a few different things for the blog. Stay tuned.