Saturday 25 July 2009

Great tit family

For the last few days the large tree that over hangs the end of our garden has been visited by another great tit family. The young birds tend to stay in the more dense outer branches so looking up through the tree it is difficult to see them. Occasionally they will flit across the central branches looking a bit like a ghost as they stand out against the darker background. No pictures unfortunately because of the dense branches and problems of focusing quickly enough in the gloom.

The adults can frequently be heard calling to the chicks and occasionally flying through the central branches with caterpillar in its mouth calling to the fledglings.

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