Blue Tits

My back yard always has something interesting going on. One group of visitors that I enjoy are Bue Tits. They are an interesting bird that doesn't like to sit still. So I have to sit patiently with my camera focused and ready on a location I have confidence they alight on.

Blue Tits will stay year round in Britain. But I've found they seem to move in a mini-flock. They'll feed for a few days, generally in the morning (they can be noisy at 4am in the Summer when the sun is up early here) and then again just before sunset. During the day they might come by, but they don't seem to be consistent. Then they'll go off somewhere for a few days; then come back again. Flighty...

I have two of these feeders. I fill them with what are called "fat balls" that are basically lard mixed with seed and some other goodies. Suet is probably the closest thing, but these are not just a bunch of grease with a few seeds in it, like suet can be. When I dropped one recently it landed with a loud thud, no crumbs came off!

I've had as many as 8 on the feader at once and when there are that many feeding, the balls disapear quickly! I watched a stack of 4 disappear in about an hour one day. But I don't mind feeding them, they are pretty to watch.

Until next time...