Blue-tit habits

Right outside my workroom window is a rowan tree that produces lots of berries later in the year. I thought it would be a good idea to hang a couple of suet-ball feeders in this tree and see what was attracted.

Earlier this afternoon I glanced up from the workbench and saw two blue-tits hopping amongst the branches. They completely ignored the feeders but went from blossom to blossom. Even through binoculars I couldn't see what they were finding and nothing showed around their beaks so I guess that they were catching mites of some kind.

The tree is no more than 10 feet from my window and when I can get hold of a suitable camera should provide some images well worth blogging. Perhaps there will be a repeat of the berry stripping that I witnessed a few years ago when a flock of startlings took every berry off this tree in the space of 40 minutes. The noise was amazing.

Categories: Birds, Birdwatching