species adaptation – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

European Starling eating Brine flies on the shoreline of the Great Salt Lake

By Mia McPherson|2021-09-06T04:50:23-05:00June 21st, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Brine Flies, Davis County, European Starlings, Utah|Tags: adult, brine flies, brine fly, eating, European Starling, flies, Great Salt Lake, hyper saline, lake, saline, shoreline, species adaptation, starling, starlings, Sturnus vulgaris|

Last week I was photographing shorebirds and a Chukar eating Brine flies on the shore of the Great Salt Lake when this European Starling flew in and started to eat them too.