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"Cindy" wrote:

Same family, blackbirds, but no, they are not the same bird...

Grackles are larger and have dark eyes.
Starlings are smaller, quieter, and have those bright yellow eyes.

I don't really see that many starlings around here.

Probably due to the abundance of grackles filling that niche. G
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K.

Yeah, I learned to despise starlings in Montana, where they're in aBUNdant
supply. They're really pretty birds, though.
I went to an exotic pet store not too long ago, and they were selling three
different color varieties of African starling. They all had the bright
yellow eyes and iridescent plumage. They were beautiful!

Cindy



Wow... I've not seen those varieties.
I'll have to do some googling!
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K.