Peanut Success

[nanila]

It was snowing all yesterday in rural Worcestershire, UK, so the peanut feeder was especially busy. This industrious blue tit was very pleased with its success.

Comments

[weofodthignen]

Clever little thing :-)

[nanila]

And very determined! Extraction took a while.

[peaked]

This is such a cool photo!

[nanila]

Thank you! I was happy to have captured the moment the peanut popped free. :D

[vriddy]

What a cool picture!! :D

[nanila]

Thank you! I like the foot waving - I think the tit was a bit surprised when the peanut finally was released.

[angrboda]

I wonder if there's something in the shape that makes them like it more. We have one now with a similar shape to this one and frequently see a great tit on it. Previously we had a cylindrical one (mysteriously vanished) which hardly ever had a bird on it.

[nanila]

I think they like clinging to the wire frame. It gives them a good purchase while they work the nuts out from between the wires.

[shirebound]

*beams* What a wonderful moment to capture.

[nanila]

It was really neat to watch. 😀

[cmcmck]

That nut is nearly as big as the little blue tit! :o)

[nanila]

Yep, it flew off and didn't return for several minutes. Must have taken some time to get through!

[yourlibrarian]

Good for it! Wonderful picture.

[nanila]

A rich reward! :D and thank you.

[turlough]

Gorgeous photo! I love watching the blue tits at my feeders. They're such perky little things.

[nanila]

They're quite scrappy, too, they don't take any nonsense from the bigger birds. Small but mighty.

[turlough]

Oh yes! Neither the great tits nor the nuthatches stand a chance against them.

[screechfox]

This is such a good photo! It was only frosty here, but enough that our pond froze over. We put out some warm water in an old bird bath and it got faintly mobbed, although mostly by blackbirds who scared off the other birds.

[nanila]

Thank you! It has been unusually cold here for over a week. It was -10C when I got up this morning. We've been trying to make sure there is water available as well as topping up the food supplies daily.

[screechfox]

It didn't get quite that cold here, but I definitely heard about it from coworkers. We thought about digging out our old birdfeeders and buying some seed, but our garden is in the process of being turned into a wildflower meadow, so we didn't want to add extra seeds into the mix this year. Water, we've been doing, though.

[scintilla10]

So cute!

[nanila]

Cute and determined! 😀

[adafrog]

:)

[nanila]

🙂

[pensnest]

That bluetit is doing well! We get lots of blue tits and great tits (and robins), and yesterday the sporadic invasion of long-tailed tits also happened. The peanut feeder tends to empty second, after the one that has a mixture of fat, seeds and worms, but there's a squirrel that has been doing its best to help out.

[nanila]

I love it when the long tailed tits descend. Noisy floofballs!

[adore]

How lovely <3

[nanila]

It's a very accomplished blue tit!

[kaishin108]

Stunning photo! <3

[nanila]

Thank you! The conditions were perfect.

Aww ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

That is so adorable.

[kk1raven]

Nice photo!