There were hundreds of starlings around this morning at the garden, flocks of perhaps 150 or more. They didn't stay in any one tree for long, but long enough in this crabapple for me to get a few shots. As you can see, they are all in their spangly winter coats!

The usual birds were around the garden, but in addition to the robins, cardinals, chickadees, etc. there were about a dozen red-winged blackbirds in the cattails in the pond. Most of them appeared to be juvenile males.