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For once I had the camera ready when there was an invasion of Long-tailed tits at the feeding station outside my window.

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From:

weofodthignen

Oh, aren't they pretty :-)

From:

turlough

They're totally my favourite tit! I only get to see them close in winter when they come to the feeder. In summer they're high up in the birches all the time.

From:

shirebound

Hooray! Dinner is served!

From:

turlough

I'm glad I remember to fill up the feeders before the snow and cold arrived.

From:

antisocialite_forum

Those markings are gorgeous. Do they have different winter and summer molts?

You got a great profile shot of the little guy flying to the feeder in the first picture.

- Ben

From:

turlough

No, they look pretty much the same the year round. A lot of the non-migratory woodland birds here do.

I was suprised that the longtailed tits managed to even keep the blue tits away. Usually blue tits are the kings of the feeder despite their size :-)

From:

st_aurafina

Oh, they're so cute, like little toy birds!

From:

turlough

They're totally adorable!

From:

ozswede

What luck to capture them in a group like that. We have half a dozen around our feeders, but they move all the time so it can be hard to get a group shot. We call them lollipop birds - so cute! ♥

From:

turlough

I was incredibly lucky to get those shots! As you say, they're usually never still. Lollipop birds is a great name for them. My sister always says they look like little golf balls on sticks :-)

From:

shapinglight

They are such pretty little birds. I've had lots of them in my garden this winter too. Ours are a little different to yours, though. Here in the UK, they have darker heads.

Edited Date: 2018-02-04 10:18 am (UTC)

From:

turlough

They're just so cute! That's so interesting about the darker plumage of the British birds. I checked Wikipedia last night and apparently yours is the most common European variant and the white-headed one is only dominant in the northern part of the continent.