Some of the photos I took at Belfair last week reminded me why I’m so fond of photography — pictures remind me how beautiful even the most common things are.
Starlings are an invasive species here in America, and are often killed in the thousands in attempts to keep them from displacing native species. So, it’s far to easy to forget what a beautiful bird they are in breeding plumage.
If I’d realized this was a Starling when I pointed my camera at it, I probably wouldn’t have taken its picture at all.
About the only thing Mallards and Starlings have in common is that they are so common. So common we hardly notice them,
which is really a shame because when in breeding colors the yellow beak and shimmering green head are startling beautiful.