dude3282
Oct 4, 2004, 04:47 PM
They look so soft, I just want to touch them.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/uncovered/birdwatch/images/400images/blue-tit_400.jpg
Look at this pair!
http://www.amanita-photolibrary.co.uk/photo_library/Birds/images/Blue_tits.jpg
Parus caeruleus, or the Blue Tit, is active, hardy, enterprising, and entertaining, making it a popular visitor at garden bird-feeders in Europe. Species of Parus (Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice) occur throughout most of Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America down into Mexico. Most species are largely sedentary, although the most northerly populations of species such as the black capped chickadee P. atricapillus in Canada and the great tit P. major in northern Europe may move considerable distances to areas with milder winters. They are primarily foprest birds, They feed on a wide range of insects and seeds, although all bring insect food to their nestlings; many are seed-eaters through the colder parts of the year. They have short, straight bills; in many species these are slightly stubby and capable of hammering open small nuts. Those species that live in conifer forests have finer bills, probably associated with their bahit of probing into clusters of needles.
All species nest in holes, usually in trees, although some will nest in holes in the ground or among piles of rocks. Some species depend on holes left by natural causes or excavated by woodpeckers, whereas others excavate their own in rotten wood. Although the cluthces may be as small as three eggs in tropical species, some of the tits in temperate climates lay large cluthces. The blue tit lays the largest clutch of any bird that raises its young in the nest; in oak woodland in central Europe, the average number is 11 eggs, but clutches of 19 are recorded occasionally.
(c) 2002 Encyclopedia of Animals, Fog City Press. Now you've learned about tits, and how the blue tit lays lots and lots of eggs.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/uncovered/birdwatch/images/400images/blue-tit_400.jpg
Look at this pair!
http://www.amanita-photolibrary.co.uk/photo_library/Birds/images/Blue_tits.jpg
Parus caeruleus, or the Blue Tit, is active, hardy, enterprising, and entertaining, making it a popular visitor at garden bird-feeders in Europe. Species of Parus (Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice) occur throughout most of Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America down into Mexico. Most species are largely sedentary, although the most northerly populations of species such as the black capped chickadee P. atricapillus in Canada and the great tit P. major in northern Europe may move considerable distances to areas with milder winters. They are primarily foprest birds, They feed on a wide range of insects and seeds, although all bring insect food to their nestlings; many are seed-eaters through the colder parts of the year. They have short, straight bills; in many species these are slightly stubby and capable of hammering open small nuts. Those species that live in conifer forests have finer bills, probably associated with their bahit of probing into clusters of needles.
All species nest in holes, usually in trees, although some will nest in holes in the ground or among piles of rocks. Some species depend on holes left by natural causes or excavated by woodpeckers, whereas others excavate their own in rotten wood. Although the cluthces may be as small as three eggs in tropical species, some of the tits in temperate climates lay large cluthces. The blue tit lays the largest clutch of any bird that raises its young in the nest; in oak woodland in central Europe, the average number is 11 eggs, but clutches of 19 are recorded occasionally.
(c) 2002 Encyclopedia of Animals, Fog City Press. Now you've learned about tits, and how the blue tit lays lots and lots of eggs.