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Blue Tits In The Lottie
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Sjoerd
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 11:08 am Post subject: Blue Tits In The Lottie |
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There are a number of bird houses on the lottie, but only one is inhabited this year so far...and it's the oldest one that we have--barely held together and half rotten.
I was delighted to hear little peeps inside and see the parents flying constantly back and forth with worms in their beeks.
They are very tame ands I can stand right nerxt to the box (although I don't often) and they fly right in , deposit the worm and come back out ...ad infinitum.
Here they are:
Coming in with food
This time he flies directly to the hole.
I could watch these guys for hours...and although very small, I find them beautiful.
They are very common birds here.
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 11:16 am Post subject: |
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They are very beautiful Sjoerd. They remind me of our Blue Jays. You are lucky to have them nesting there and even more lucky they are tolerant of you. I have a nest of Killdeer on the front lawn and they are very aggressive if they think you are too close to their nest. Great shots 
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 11:39 am Post subject: |
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So pleased that the blue tit family have moved in Sjoerd. The parent birds do sterling work at this time of year removing all those nasty bugs from your garden to feed their babies. 
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 12:27 pm Post subject: |
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Nawww, they're so cute and pretty. I like the different tits, they easily get used to us working around them, and sometimes we get a telling-off for venturing too close.
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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Pretty birds. We have the Jays and blue Carolina Bluebirds as well. So nice to watch.
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Sjoerd
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| Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 12:11 am Post subject: |
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Thank you for your comments. Something has been pecking at the seams trying to get into the nestbox. I do not know for ssure what it is that is doing that. I shall be on the look-out thouigh. I sort of have the feeling that they will fledge tomorrow.
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| Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 12:17 am Post subject: |
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I sincerely hope they fledge before the intruder breaks through to the nest area. Your culprit could either be a woodpecker or one of the corvines who love to make a meal out of baby birds. Fingers crossed the nest will be empty soon and the youngsters all out into the big wide world.
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| Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 2:45 am Post subject: |
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I love the photos.They do remind me of small Blue Jays.I do hope nothing gets them before they fly off.
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| Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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God pics Sjoerd. Ours have fledged now so all is quiet in the box, but the parents are still around in the willow. I hope to spend a couple of hours in the garden tomorrow so am hoping I will see the fledglings. Do you think they might have a second brood????
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Sjoerd
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| Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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Yes...they are known to have two broods in a season, but I understand that that rarely happens in Britain. If you clean out that house now, your chances will be greater. It's a good thing that they have more than one brood here, because the predators are far too successful with picking the chicks off. 
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Jewell2009
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| Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 4:01 am Post subject: |
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Love the pics. I have never seen anything like those little beauties. Thanks for sharing!
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wilsonmian
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| Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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Hey,
beautiful birds, i wish they also came in our area.
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Sherry8
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| Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 10:17 am Post subject: |
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Quite an interesting bird house...looks easy to make if you could take it apart to clean ..Beautiful birds.
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