Photography of Birds – Set # 221 | H.J. Ruiz - Avian101

Photography of Birds – Set # 221

Set # 221

Blue Jays

Blue Jays

Blue Jays

Its plumage is lavender-blue to mid-blue in the crest, back, wings, and tail, and its face is white. The underside is off-white and the neck is collared with black which extends to the sides of the head. The wing primaries and tail are strongly barred with black, sky-blue and white. The bill, legs, and eyes are all black. Males and females are almost identical, but the male is slightly larger.

As with most other blue-hued birds, the blue jay’s coloration is not derived from pigments but is the result of light interference due to the internal structure of the feathers; if a blue feather is crushed, the blue disappears because the structure is destroyed. This is referred to as structural coloration.

European Starling

European Starling

European Starling

The European Starling family, Sturnidae, is an entirely Old World group apart from introductions elsewhere, with the greatest numbers of species in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. The genus Sturnus is polyphyletic and relationships between its members are not fully resolved. The closest relation of the common starling is the spotless starling. The non-migratory spotless starling may be descended from a population of ancestral S. vulgaris that survived in an Iberian refugium during an Ice Age retreat.

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5 thoughts on “Photography of Birds – Set # 221”

bayphotosbydonna on January 19, 2021 at 6:58 pm said:

Two awesome shots, HJ! 💙

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- H.J. for avian101 on January 19, 2021 at 9:43 pm said:
  
  Thanks so much, Donna. 🙂
  
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inese on January 20, 2021 at 7:49 am said:

I have never heard of Spotless starlings. Have to look them up.

Thank you for all your beautiful photographs. Hope your 2021 is wonderful.

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- H.J. for avian101 on January 20, 2021 at 4:31 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much, Inese. Hope the same for you. 🙂
  
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  - inese on January 20, 2021 at 4:49 pm said:
    
    Thank you!:)

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