I have seen Blue Tits, Great Tits and Long-tailed Tits visit the garden, but never one of these, a Coal Tit Periparus ater on my nut feeder.
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December 2017, rear garden, Staffordshire, England.
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Amazing shot!
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Thank you, Madison 🙂 It was the only reasonable shot I could get as it was very fidgety 🙂
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It’s amazing! I can never get pictures of birds. They always move to quickly!
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They do, but sometimes you get lucky 🙂
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Beautiful bird! Great shot!
Dwight
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Thank you very much, Dwight 🙂
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Nice 🤗. Here they are called ‘Chickadee’ , based on their call. Many more in the northern US where I come from. A favorite with everyone.
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Thank you, Ted 🙂 I thought it looked the same as your Chickadee. They are a lovely bird.
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Very nice image and very attractive bird! Looks like he’s at the wrong feeder, though. Do your small birds peck at those nuts?
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Thank you very much, Ellen 🙂 Yes, I see a few of the small birds peck at the nuts, but mostly they go for the seed feeders.
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Preciosa Fotografía… Un Saludo y Feliz Año…
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Thank you and happy 2018!
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Pete, this looks exactly like our little black-capped chickadees. They must have had a cold night here — it was nearly -30C last night. Now at 9 AM a balmy -28C. Thankfully this cold snap is supposed to end overnight.
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Yes, I nticed how they look very much like your chickadees on other posts. Now that is cold there! Keep warm! 🙂
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I don’t know if you can access this site or not — an interesting item on how birds adapt to the cold. The redpolls are amazing. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/how-birds-survive-winter-1.4465936
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That is a very interesting article, thank you, Sally. I always admired how birds survived the brutally cold winters. Nature is trully astonishing!
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Nice little bird – as you saw, I have it with me as well – svartmes in swedish 🙂
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Beautiful svartmes! 🙂
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Lucky you and thanks for sharing an amazing photo of a very special bird!! Svartmes in Swedish, tack Anki 🙂
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Thank you, Anita 🙂 It is beautiful in Swedish 🙂
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I’m glad to know the tits and our chickadees are related. I still haven’t quite sorted the taxonomic changes that appear to have taken place, but one of these days I will.
I think peanut feeders are the best. I’ve had chickadees, titmice, and sparrows all feed at them nicely, so I’m not surprised the tit’s doing the same.
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I did’t realise they were related until after posting. Such a small world. Always a pleasure to have such visitors to the garden 🙂
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Nice photos! Those birds are guests also in our garden. Happy new year 🎆🎈🎊
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Thank you 🙂 Have a wonderful 2018!
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I’m sorry but with those nuts, I’d be a bird at your feeder! What a delicious offering.
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They have a choice menu: Nuts, sunflower hearts, general seed and fat pellets 🙂
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Fat pellets! Hmm a bit like foie gras for humans I suspect!
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Beautiful. We do have coal tits quite a bit up here, but not seen any pop into my garden yet.
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I had never seen one before I took that photo, believe it or not. Thank you 🙂
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Nice photo! We have a coal tit visit too, and yesterday had long-tailed tits for the first time in this garden. Always a joy spotting new visitors!
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Thank you, Helen 🙂 We have had Long-tailed Tits visiting also. They are so beautiful to watch.
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I think nuts are a favorite of many birds. That is a cool feeder. And the bird does remind me of the cute chickadee.
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Thank you Pam. With the snow and ice here at the moment they need all that protein.
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Right! I provided nuts and suet during winter when I lived in New England.
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