What bird is this?

[Johno]

A freind of mine rescued this bird and no-one knows what it is.....

Any ideas?

[kat3k]

From here it looks a bit like a starling baby

[raddaughter]

Either a starling. You can see the blueish color comming in from its pin feathers. But it couls just be my computer... Let me see if I can google a baby...

[raddaughter]

I think it's a starling... is it just the camera, or does the new plummage look a little blue... maybe it's just my computer...

[raddaughter]

Here's a starling baby. The baby look exatly like the one in the pic...

[Monica]

Starlings are kind of ugly as chicks... but I've heard they make great pets and excellent talkers..

[BirdWhisperer]

Could it be a Mockingbird?

[Monica]

No... mockingbirds are whiter... and not so ugly...

[Buteo]

Yeah, it's a Starling....

While they're impressive for their ability to survive & multiply, their voracious consumption of insects and their mastery of mimicry, I still class them as an invader species.
Sure it can be argued that they aren't really an invader because they were deliberately released,
but let's remember, it was by (IMHO) a fool, with absolutely no legal authority to do so...
and worse, a complete lack of understanding of the vast consequences of his actions and the heavy price our native birdlife would pay for introducing such an aggressive nesting species.

They're so prevalent across North America now, it's almost hard to believe they all started from those original 60 pairs released in Central Park NY by that criminally deluded Shakespeare fan just over 100 years ago.

[ROYJOY]

if it indeed is a starling, you have to supliment his diet with insects. how old is this picture? he looks awfuly young for this time of year, depending on the location, but here in utah, all this years chicks have long fledged and are begaining to flock up for the migration.