For week 2 of Lisa Coleman’s Bird Weekly challenge I’m featuring the blue tit. The most common garden visitor here with yellow feathers. All but this first photo were taken in my garden.
We had a nesting pair again this year and they successfully raised their brood.
Hunting for tasty treats, maybe
No sooner in than he’s off again
No wonder he’s looking a bit harassed
They treat my garden like some kind of playground and it’s so much fun to watch them.
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It really is, although it’s costing me a fortune in bird food 😀
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What a beautiful bird. It would be a lifer for me. Wonderful photos and the amount of energy it takes to feed a brood is incredible for all bird species. Great choice this week. Thank you for sharing a bird I’ve never seen. 😊
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I think it’s mostly European, Lisa and very common in the UK. It is beautiful, this and the robin are two of my favourites. Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
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Well, keep em coming! I wanna see birds I’ve never seen even from afar. 😊
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I’ll do my best 😉 you have much more exotic species though.
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That’s so funny to me because I think the most exotic bird I’ve seen in the US is the Nanday Parakeet that we just got in January when we went to St. Petersburg, Florida. It was our bird of the day. 😊
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I suppose what you’re used to doesn’t always seem exotic 😄
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I think it is that way for everyone, Cathy. I see all kinds of interesting “exotic” birds on Instagram all over the world and just keep thinking, “maybe someday I’ll get to see that!” 😊
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These are fabulous photos, Cathy. You must have a lot of patience to get so many close-ups of them. We don’t have blue tits where I live, but we have gorgeous goldfinches that grace our feeders with their beautiful yellow and black (males) coats. The females are more of the dreary brown variety. Nonetheless, they are just as entertaining to watch as the males.
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Thanks, Michelle. It does get very frustrating sometimes when they’re too quick or move at the wrong time but I was lucky with these. The goldfinches are lovely too.
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