spreeandfrolic

fizzyvater:

The White Ravens of Qualicum Beach, Vancouver.

The birds are said not to be “albino,” but “leucistic,” a genetic defect resulting in birds that lack normal pigmentation. (“Albinism” is a result of the reduction of melanin.) They first appeared in Vancouver about 10 years ago, which is now known as the “White Raven Capital of the World.”

llbwwb:

Superb Starling - London Zoo, London, England (by law_keven)

dendroica:

Starlings on a wire on Flickr.

fairy-wren:

bali mynah preening

photo by stampboards

fairy-wren:

bali mynah

photo by john kok

fairy-wren:

european starling

photo by lamby1959

thebirdsofamerica:

The Mountain Mocking bird (mockingbird) and the Varied Thrush, both depicted in plate 369 of The Birds of America. 

taretakis:

Northern Mockingbird. (by Robert Scott Photographyy)

fairy-wren:

formosan blue magpie

photo by john&fish

ohlupin:

untitled by lyndsay buchanan on Flickr.

scientificillustration:

The Splendid Starling (Lamprotornis splendidus), also known as the Splendid Glossy-starling

From: ‘The birds of Africa, comprising all the species which occur in the Ethiopian region’ (Vol. 5 Pt 1) by G.E. Shelley