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Post by rowanberry on Aug 25, 2015 18:40:17 GMT
Had a group of welcome visitors today... a family of five long-tailed tits. After a rather quiet week in the garden, (I feel like the birds have all deserted me! It's like this every moulting season, they all vanish- No blackbirds, no jays, only two frogs and down to one woodpecker out of three) so I was really pleased to see these happy little birds fly in and procede to tumble about the place. They stayed for quite a while- in the hedges, in the feeders- constantly chittering and buzzing everywhere, allowing me to get a few decent photos. Definitely one of my favourites.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2015 12:22:35 GMT
Always a joy to see some LTT's.
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Post by stigofthedump on Aug 30, 2015 19:48:21 GMT
Great images. Always a joy to see them, they only ever visit our garden when times are harsh. A bird that always bring a smile to my face.
Vince.
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Post by Harold Smith on Aug 31, 2015 8:37:46 GMT
I like the description 'Flying Bumblebees'. Very apt.
Some years a go a small flock came into my garden and two of them were missing their tail feathers. They looked very strange and described them as 'Flying Tennis Balls' because that's what they looked like, tennis balls.
Harold.
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Post by rowanberry on Aug 31, 2015 12:44:37 GMT
They do look like tennis balls, actually... hadn't thought of that. I've also just realised I mis-labelled my photo as them being Great Tits! Going to have to fix that.
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Post by accipiter on Aug 31, 2015 13:14:19 GMT
Always cheerful these little chaps and chapettes even on the most dismal and very cold winters days, in fact on some winter days these are all pretty much all I see singing and bobbing along the hedgerows in search of their food.
Incidentally the dictionary definition of chapette is a lady of refinement which pretty much explains all does it not. Alan the wandering minstrel
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