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Blue Tit

Cyanistes caeruleus

Description:

A blue tit keeps calling through a snow storm. Blue tits are usually resident and non-migratory, and in subarctic Europe stay put for the winter. Merry Christmas to all on Project Noah!

Habitat:

A patch of mixed deciduous/pine forest.

Notes:

Blue Tit populations often decrease during harsh winters, or after poor breeding seasons if the weather is cold and wet.

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11 Comments

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 10 years ago

Thank you dotun55!

dotun55
dotun55 10 years ago

Very festive photo. Good to see. And a merry Christmas to you too!

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 10 years ago

Thank you Rieko and António! Although this pic is from December last year we have exactly the same weather conditions today, and I am again spying on the blue tits, great tits, nuthatches and tree creepers. Season's greetings to you!

RiekoS
RiekoS 10 years ago

Very pretty.

Beautiful and well chosed for the season Daniele,congrats,the picture is beautiful,thanks for sharing

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 10 years ago

You're welcome Ava :-)

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 10 years ago

Thanks for the lovely Christmas image!

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 10 years ago

Thanks Mauna!

mauna Kunzah
mauna Kunzah 10 years ago

Lovely image.

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 10 years ago

Season's greetings to you too Jemma! The ducks sleep with their head turned back and tucked in for this reason: to keep their bill warm. As for the blue tits, these little guys apparently need to eat several times per minute in winter to maintain their body temperature.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 10 years ago

season's Greetings!
Birds do have it rough in the winter. I recently read a newsupdate in which a duck's bill was frozen and an icicle was hanging from it . Obviously it could not eat. It was later seen sleeping with it's head tuck in it's body. Maybe that was a way of thawing it,with the body heat.

DanielePralong
Spotted by
DanielePralong

Vaud, Switzerland

Spotted on Dec 12, 2012
Submitted on Dec 25, 2013

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