Young birds – Dragon goes Wild https://padfoot.org.uk Wed, 14 Jun 2017 09:19:43 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://padfoot.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-512a-32x32.jpg Young birds – Dragon goes Wild https://padfoot.org.uk 32 32 Trainee Long-Tailed Tit https://padfoot.org.uk/2017/06/trainee-long-tailed-tit/ https://padfoot.org.uk/2017/06/trainee-long-tailed-tit/#respond Thu, 15 Jun 2017 20:00:49 +0000 http://padfoot.org.uk/?p=1540 Looking out of the window this evening, I spotted a small bird sitting in one of the plants. The long tail made it clearly a Long-tailed tit, but it didn’t have the reddy-pinky colour to its chest feathers that the adults normally do.

Long-tailed tits feed on insects, and that particular shrub that it was working through, has been covered in blackfly for a little while. This particular long-tailed tit was clearly a youngster that maybe needed a little more practise at hunting for its supper in a plant like this!

Once it stopped hunting the flies and stared straight at the window, I got a clear view of the head feather colouring, which definitely made this bird a juvenile. Hopefully it enjoyed the evening’s feast!

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