As it was visiting very frequently I imagine it was taking sunflower hearts to hide for later in the year. I have often watched them taking sunflower seeds and hiding them in cracks in old tree stumps or in the bark of trees.
Thursday 27 August 2015
Coal Tit
I had removed the mixed seed feeder once there was enough natural food for the birds. Also it prevented the hoards of Starlings being able to scatter the seed all over the place. I put it back up on Tuesday and it wasn't long before it was in use. One of the first to arrive was a Coal Tit, the smallest of the tit family:
As it was visiting very frequently I imagine it was taking sunflower hearts to hide for later in the year. I have often watched them taking sunflower seeds and hiding them in cracks in old tree stumps or in the bark of trees.
As it was visiting very frequently I imagine it was taking sunflower hearts to hide for later in the year. I have often watched them taking sunflower seeds and hiding them in cracks in old tree stumps or in the bark of trees.
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We have a pair of coal tits. I didn;t realise that they hid food for later. I shall watch them for a few days now.
ReplyDeleteWeaver: It was only noticing how frequently one was visiting which made me observe closely. It was coming too often to be eating all the seeds it took.
Deletevery cute.
ReplyDeleteTWG: The tiny ones are.
DeleteThe second shot is one to be proud of.
ReplyDeleteAdrian: One of those luck shots when the camera fires at just the right time to grab the action.
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