Asian pied starling in our backyard, Odisha..

Pied myna or Asian pied starling (Gracupica contra) is a common bird seen in the backyard of our house in Odisha ..

In beechwood, bamboo, hogplum...everywhere...

With big nests...far above the trunk.....for the feral cat tends to raid them, for the eggs and fledglings..

These mynah are different from the common mynah......