Photo of a starling nest?....

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DornCounty
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anyone have any good photos of starling nests??
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Tim Stover
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sorry not here they dont survive here long enough to build
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rrmartins
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I'm with Tim, they don't stay around here long enough to even think about nest building. :twisted:
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Linda Reynolds
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Good information and photos can be found on Sialis:

European Starling Nest and egg ID:
http://www.sialis.org/nestsstarling.htm

General Starling Info:
http://www.sialis.org/starlingbio.htm

Excellent House Sparrow Information:
http://www.sialis.org/hosp.htm

Sialis Home Page Index:
http://www.sialis.org/index.html
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~Ray~Gingerich
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They contain dead grass, weeds, plant stems etc. The nest can be a huge pile of junk if the nesting space permits and in those they will lay more eggs than you would ever want to see.
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