The Epaulette starling is one of my favourite Minnesota birds. The males have a beautiful orange/yellow spot on their shoulder (wherever the English name comes from) and often sit this way among the reeds during the breeding season.
The females, on the other hand, look very different, brown with white dots all over the body.
Photo taken in Rochester, Minnesota.
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