Birdwatching - 1688 🐦

🦉 The great tit (Parus major)

📚 Parus (lat.) Tit
📚 major (lat.) large

These already familiar birds, which everyone sees in large numbers in winter, have already acquired offspring. Yesterday, walking around the city, I heard several fledglings in the foliage on a tree who were begging food from adults. Yes, not all this birds fly away to the forests with the onset of spring, according to my observations, almost every yard always has one or two pairs.

One such couple lives near my house. The male regularly flies to the feeder near my window for peanuts. It depends on the weather. Recently there was an abnormal heat, and the male did not fly for about a week. The heat has been replaced by coolness, and now he flies about 14 times a day. And he takes the nut not only for himself, but also for the female. The female does not fly, she is afraid. Sometimes he eats nuts while sitting on the feeder, i can hear how loudly he crushes the nuts, and then crumbs remain under the feeder on the windowsill.