Purple Finch in Atlanta

A few days ago I was in downtown Atlanta. I went to the Atlanta Aquarium in company of my cousin, it wasn’t the first time I went to see this great aquarium, but it was the first for my cousin. After we spent a few hours in that huge building and had a great time looking at all the sea creatures, we decide to take a walk around the park that is next to the aquarium. While strolling in the park I saw some birds flying around. I took my camera and took some shots. These are the photos that I took of a Purple Finch.

Photographs are © H.J. Ruiz - "My winged Pals"

Superb Starling

Superb Starling - Spec. Name: Lamprotornis Superbus

Superb Starling

This is a member of the starling family of birds. It can commonly be found in East Africa, including Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. Used to be known as Spreo superbus

This species is 18 to 19 cm (7–7.5 inches) long. Adults have black heads and iridescent blue-to-green back, upper breast, wings, and tail. The belly is red-orange, separated from the blue breast by a white bar. The undertail coverts and the wing linings are white. Juveniles have duller plumage with no more than a suggestion of the white breast band. Their irises are brown, later grayish white, eventually the adult's cream-color.

The Superb Starling has a long and loud song consisting of trills and chatters. At midday it gives a softer song of repeated phrases. There are several harsh calls, the most complex of which is described as "a shrill, screeching skerrrreeee-cherrrroo-tcherreeeeeet."

This species feeds on the ground.

The Superb Starling is similar to Hildebrandt's Starling also found in East Africa. The Superb Starling is distinguished by having white eyes, as opposed to red eyes in the Hildebrandt's.

Photographs are © H. J. Ruiz - "My winged Pals"
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