blue tit – Dragon goes Wild

Bird Spotting

Dragon — Sat, 14 Oct 2017 14:00:05 +0000

For small birds, they aren’t half noisy! You can usually hear the Long Tailed Tits before you see them, but this time they were joined by some Blue Tits and even what I think is a Coal Tit.

The Coal Tit seems to be one of the few birds that can successfully get the seeds from this particular feeder. It stays just long enough to grab a seed, before flying into the undergrowth to eat it.

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Trainee Blue Tit

Dragon — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 14:00:46 +0000

It’s not just yesterday’s young blackbirds that are getting the hang of getting their own food – the young Blue Tits are also making an appearance.

This one was so intent on eating the blackfly, that he ended up hanging by his feet from the leaf! Not the most elegant of angles to eat from, but it seemed to be successful.

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Goldfinch Party

Dragon — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 09:00:36 +0000

While the sparrows were fighting over the bird bath, the Goldfinch decided to make the most of the seed feeder. These seeds weren’t the success were were lead to believe they would be – it seems that the Goldfinches don’t really think of them as such a treat after all.

This bird made them seem so desirable though, that the blue tit decided to try some.

And even the sparrow wanted to sample some!

Generally though, only the finches and Coal Tit are able to get the seeds from the narrow slit in the feeder, so the sparrows have to make do with picking up any seeds that have fallen to the ground.

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