Jeff,

One item I see starlings (and sometimes even gulls over driftwood) chasing
aerially each summer is flying-stage ants and/or termites.

Bob

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[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jeff Kozma
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 8:03 PM
To: Carol Stoner; Tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Re: Starling Behavior Question

I have observed starlings flycatching in the Yakima area quite regularly.
Seems particularly prevalent on warm summer evenings...so they must be
catching some kind of bugs aloft.

Jeff Kozma

Yakima


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> I was driving near Bellarmine HS in Tacoma and observed a large (20-30)
> flock of birds actively flycatching from a large Douglas fir. I assumed
> they were Cedar Waxwings based on number of birds and silhouette. The sky

> was too bright to see colors. Thinking about it later, I wondered if the
> flock could have been starlings. Do starlings flycatch?
> Carol Stoner
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