Coat of Many Colors
"Coat of Many Colors" is a song by Dolly Parton, released in September 1971. In the song, Dolly recounts her childhood and how her family struggled to make a living in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee.
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The European Starling:
First brought to North America in the nineteenth century, European Starlings are now among the continent’s most numerous songbirds. They are stocky black birds with short tails, triangular wings, and long, pointed bills.
Though they’re sometimes resented for their abundance and aggressiveness, they’re still dazzling birds when you get a good look. Covered in white spots during winter, they turn dark and glossy in summer.
The oldest recorded wild European Starling in North America was a male and was at least 15 years, 3 months old when he died in Tennessee in 1972. He had been banded in the same state in 1958.
(Sony a9, Sony 200-600/6.3 @ 600 mm, 1/2000 @ f/6.3, ISO 12800, edited to taste)
Coat of Many Colors
"Coat of Many Colors" is a song by Dolly Parton, released in September 1971. In the song, Dolly recounts her childhood and how her family struggled to make a living in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee.
______________________
The European Starling:
First brought to North America in the nineteenth century, European Starlings are now among the continent’s most numerous songbirds. They are stocky black birds with short tails, triangular wings, and long, pointed bills.
Though they’re sometimes resented for their abundance and aggressiveness, they’re still dazzling birds when you get a good look. Covered in white spots during winter, they turn dark and glossy in summer.
The oldest recorded wild European Starling in North America was a male and was at least 15 years, 3 months old when he died in Tennessee in 1972. He had been banded in the same state in 1958.
(Sony a9, Sony 200-600/6.3 @ 600 mm, 1/2000 @ f/6.3, ISO 12800, edited to taste)