Great Tit (Parus major)
(Bird: Paridae)
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| ssp. newtoni. 17th November, 2014. Upton Country Park (Dorset-UK) |
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Notes:
Great tits are not always the docile birds they seem to be. Under certain circumstances they are aggressive and rather psychopathic birds, attacking, killing and eating other birds and mammals. Recent cases show single birds staking out feeders and rather viciously stabbing other birds through the eyes to eat portions of the brain. The yellow colour of these birds varies according to their diet.
A common often unnoticed behaviour in the family is for birds at feeders to collect seeds and then fly to a nearby branch. Here they hold the seeds with their feet and slowly peck away at them. Most birds generally eat while at the feeder itself.
Great tits are not always the docile birds they seem to be. Under certain circumstances they are aggressive and rather psychopathic birds, attacking, killing and eating other birds and mammals. Recent cases show single birds staking out feeders and rather viciously stabbing other birds through the eyes to eat portions of the brain. The yellow colour of these birds varies according to their diet.
A common often unnoticed behaviour in the family is for birds at feeders to collect seeds and then fly to a nearby branch. Here they hold the seeds with their feet and slowly peck away at them. Most birds generally eat while at the feeder itself.
A common often unnoticed behaviour in the family is for birds at feeders to collect seeds and then fly to a nearby branch. Here they hold the seeds with their feet and slowly peck away at them. Most birds generally eat while at the feeder itself.
I have seen this species in:
- Europe (GB)
The first time I recorded this species:
ssp. newtoni: 26th May, 2007 at Marchwood Inclosure, New Forest (Hampshire-UK).
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