The other day in our back yard I heard a starling doing a good imitation of
a Varied Thrush. It seemed to get better with each try. I looked with my
binoculars and saw the real thing -- a Varied Thrush amid the starlings. A
couple of years ago as I walked at Snow Mountain Ranch, one time after
another, probably dozens of times, I'd look high in cottonwoods to find
various birdsongs each time being starlings. I kept looking, and laughing
at myself for getting tricked. Then one song came from its original
composer -- a trio of Pine Grosbeaks. I like how starlings can test us.
They keep me looking.
Kevin Lucas
Selah, WA

On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Roger Moyer <rogermoyer1 at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> I was out walking day and heard a Greater Yellowlegs calling as it flew
> by. I started looking and it turned out to be a starling. It was doing a
> perfect mimic.
>
> Roger Moyer
> Charlotte, NC
>
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> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 5, 2016 8:24 AM
> *To:* tweeters at u.washington.edu
> *Subject:* [Tweeters] RE: Starling mimicry
>
>
> Those starlings often get me. I regularly hear them mimic Killdeer, and I
> occasionally hear them mimic Western Wood-pewees. So, anything is possible
> with those copycats.
>
> Christopher Clark
> Sumner, WA
>
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