[Length 32 in. Wingspan 50 in.]

This Roseate Spoonbill was photographed at the Convention Center boardwalk, South Padre Island, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=255mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: November 24, 2009)

[Length 32 in. Wingspan 50 in.]

This Roseate Spoonbill was photographed at the Convention Center Boardwalk, South Padre Island, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: January 11, 2012)

[Length 32 in. Wingspan 50 in.]

This Roseate Spooonbill was photographed at Estero Llano Grande State Park, Weslaco, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: December 5, 2016)

[Length 8.5 in. Wingspan 16 in.]

This European Starling was photographed at the parklands around our house, Weslaco, Texas. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6 IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: May 06, 2018)

[Length 8.5 in. Wingspan 16 in.]

This "European" European Starling was photographed at Sumburgh Hotel Gardens, Sumburgh, Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: June 10, 2004)

[Length 8.5 in. Wingspan 16 in.]

This "European" European Starling was photographed at Kensington Park, London, England, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 180 f2.8 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: April 2002)

[Length 8.5 in. Wingspan 16 in.]

This fledgling "European" European Starling was photographed at Sumburgh Hotel Gardens, Sumburgh, Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: June 2, 2004)

[Length 8.5 in. Wingspan 16 in.]

This European Starling was photographed at the Valley Land Fund's Sheepshead Lots, South Padre Island, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC17E II 1.7x Teleconverter on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: September 30, 2016)

[Length 8.5 in. Wingspan 16 in.]

This European Starling was photographed at a feeder in central New Jersey, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: December 1996)