starling's

There's wrongful, stupid importing of native species to other lands, too, like with the sad story of the starling's advent in the Americas.

Three Ways to Drive an Animal to Extinction - Boing Boing 2009

Not only did it have a glossy sheen, reminiscent of a starling's back feathers, which reflected the light - but it was embellished with noisy scarlet stripes, acting as Alun's Labour 'loyalty card'.

Alun Pugh's New Suit Glyn Davies 2007

Not only did it have a glossy sheen, reminiscent of a starling's back feathers, which reflected the light - but it was embellished with noisy scarlet stripes, acting as Alun's Labour 'loyalty card'.

Archive 2007-01-01 Glyn Davies 2007

The dominant colour I had chosen for these designs was blue in all its variation: the blue of the starling's wing, the blues of the sky and the Nile in the sunlight, the blues of the petals of the desert orchid and the shimmering blue of the river perch quivering in the fisherman's net.

River God Smith, Wilbur, 1933- 1993

The Ant Fly -- dubbed with brown and red camlet mixed, wings, starling's feather, pale.

The Teesdale Angler R Lakeland

The Wasp Fly -- dubbed with brown bear or cow's hair, ribbed with yellow silk, and the wings of the inside of starling's wing.

The Teesdale Angler R Lakeland

A starling's range of ideas may be summed up in the word "Grubs."

Wild Nature Won By Kindness Elizabeth Brightwen

Little Black Gnat -- dubbed with black strands from an ostrich, wings, light feather from underneath starling's wing.

The Teesdale Angler R Lakeland

Nothing stirred my indignation more keenly than the question so often asked, "Have you had your starling's tongue slit to make him talk so well?"

Wild Nature Won By Kindness Elizabeth Brightwen

When we began life in our apartments, one important consideration in the day's proceedings was the starling's food.

Wild Nature Won By Kindness Elizabeth Brightwen