Dueling blue tits

[nanila]

[Two blue tits in an aerial battle for prime position on a peanut feeder. Highlights are blown on these photos, but I love the poses.]


[Blue tit hanging off the bottome of the peanut feeder and giving the camera side-eye.]


[More blue tit side-eye from the peanut feeder.]


[Rather heroic blue tit pose on the fat ball feeder.]

Comments

[untonuggan]

those are amazing. thank you for sharing!

[nanila]

I'm glad you enjoyed them. The blue tits are so much fun to watch!

[spiralsheep]

I especially like the bandit on the fatballs.

[nanila]

I want to know what deeds of derring-do it is contemplating.

[spiralsheep]

It appears to be about to break into a rendition of I Am A Pirate King (see the pose at 1:10 especially). ;-)

[nanila]

That is AMAZING. The blue tit's black eyeliner is sort of the equivalent of a magnificent pirate mustache, for sure!

[lavendertook]

Oh, how beautiful.

[nanila]

I'm glad you think so. I so enjoy watching them!

[blackmare]

These are delightful.

[nanila]

Thank you. The quizzical head-tilt one makes me smile every time I see it.

[lark_ascends]

:-D Lovely.

[nanila]

:D \o/ I'm glad you think so!

[shirebound]

These are stunning! Your camera takes such clear photos.

[nanila]

It's partly the camera (which is a reasonable quality mid-range Canon dSLR) but credit should also go to the lens (70-200 mm, f4/L USM), which is wonderfully fast and quiet and produces lovely soft backgrounds for these shallow-focus shots. :)