Roy Starling

[brian fleming <>]

  According to British publications, the Rosy Starling is a species 
given to irruptions into regions well outside its normal range in 
Eastern Europe and Northern Asia, but it has not established itself as 
an immigrant in Western Europe.  The bird in the photos  is just a 
migrant which has overshot.  I really don't think we need to worry about 
it settling in Australia.
   I was very grateful to see the photos - the shaggy head, pied 
pattern and the black-and-white beak are most distinctive, though it 
didn't look very pink.  Collins FG to Western Europe  and the Middle 
East says its natural habitat is "dry grass steppe, where it follows 
locust swarms." 
 Anthea Fleming
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