adorable tits

[turlough]

It's been a long time since I've had Long-Tailed Tits (Aegithalos caudatus caudatus) visiting my feeders in winter but now they're suddenly here every day. It started Saturday with only two of them:

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Every day they brought more and more friends and this morning there were five of them!

Comments

[full_metal_ox]

Word-of-beak publicity: eat at Turlough’s!

[turlough]

That was exactly what it felt like!

[flo_nelja]

Adorable indeed <3

[turlough]

They're just too cute!!

[kaishin108]

That is really something to see! :)

[turlough]

It's such a delight to have such pretty visitors.

[pauraque]

Precious! Their markings remind me of calico cats.

[turlough]

Too cute for their own good!

[vriddy]

Oh, such wonderful looking birds!! Thank you for sharing, hope they keep visiting :D

[turlough]

I love them so much and yes, they HAVE kept on visiting me!

[cmcmck]

They are so sweet.

They should be back here soon! :o)

[turlough]

Long-tailed tits are just too cute!

I hope yours will soon show up.

[rodo]

Adorable floofballs! I'm jealous. We get a lot of tits, but not those.

[turlough]

My most frequent visitors have always been great tits and blue tits so it's such a delight when these show up.

[minoanmiss]

yay tits!

[turlough]

They're the cutest tits ever!

[pameladean]

Awwww, such great little birds. P.

[turlough]

They're my favourite tits!

[ribirdnerd]

Cute birds.

[turlough]

Too cute for their own good!

[iddewes]

Aww so cute!

[turlough]

THey're just too adorable!

[shirebound]

Every day they brought more and more friends

How wonderful!

[turlough]

It was such an unexpected and welcome suprise!

[adafrog]

:)

[turlough]

Such a happymaking visit!

[pensnest]

I love it when the long-tailed tits visit. They seem to be such sociable eaters—they prefer to be hanging off the fat ball holder all together rather than spreading themselves among the three different feeders, which just amuses me.

[turlough]

That is so true! They're apparently social nesters too, with one breeding pair and the rest helping out.

[full_metal_ox]

So are we talking an extended family, like wolves or crows?

[turlough]

According to Wikipedia it's usually pairs that have failed in their own nesting that instead helps and they are usually related in some degree.

[full_metal_ox]

This situation reminds me of a practice at MCL (a US restaurant chain in Indiana and Ohio, with an emphasis on down-home Southern and Midwestern comfort food.)

They designate one large table as the “Friendly Table”, for the benefit of customers who may have arrived alone but would welcome dining companionship.

[angelcage]

Oh, they're so cute! Thanks for sharing!

[turlough]

It's a delight to share such cuties!

[shadowkat]

Very cute. Thank you for sharing. I've not seen them before now.

[turlough]

Just too cute!

[calzephyr]

Fun! I love that about birds--they love bringing their friends, hehe!

[turlough]

That's so true!

[leejooheon]

Aw theyre so adorable

[turlough]

They're just too cute for their own good!

[adore]

SO CUTE! ROUND LIL FLOOFS!

[turlough]

They're the cutest tits ever!

[yourlibrarian]

Hee, so cute seeing the upside down dining!

[turlough]

While they're not as acrobatic as nuthatches they're definitely adventurous feeders :-)

Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith]

The tits are so cute!

Re: Yay!

[turlough]

They're my favourite tits!