Need Help Identifying a Bird

Premier kakos

Any of you people into birding? If so, can you help identify a bird in Colorado (Denver metro area)? It's a small black bird with a yellow beak and I think a slightly rusty wing color. I figured it was a blackbird, but it's call is very odd and not like any blackbird I've ever seen. Here's a recording of the call:

http://knight.lambdacalcul.us/personal/BirdSong.mp3

bowen

Try this:
http://identify.whatbird.com/mwg/_/0/attrs.aspx

iamthepieman

That sounds like the Red-Winged Blackbirds we have up here. They have a very noticeable red patch on their wings though.

bowen

That's what I thought too. And he said yellow beak.

Premier kakos

Found it. I climbed up to the roof to get a closer look at the bird and it isn't really black, but rather more iridescent dark green or dark purple. Used that handy dandy bird identifier and it looks like it is a European Starling.

GungHo

I hate those things.

RocketSauce

I had a couple of those build a nest in my grill last year.

GungHo

They compete directly here with Purple Martins by stealing nests. They can't chase off the grackles (too big) or the mockingbirds (too mean), but they chase off everything else.

LadyM

They're pests, but that's an awesome picture.