It went quite slow at first, but the last few days the #birds ate half of the food 😱.

It's #nice 🥰. So many little birds in the backyard. Mainly #housesparrows and #greattits (we're talking birds people...). They especially like being on the inside, where they can quickly hide in the tree. The house sparrows are very careful, not letting themselves be photographed easily. But the great tits are a bit more daring.

#today #housesparrow #greattit #bird #birdfood #garden #backyard

Sometimes a video doorbell is a handy device. To spy on great tits.

#spring #nestbox #greattits

Here he is. I had him 2 or 3 years, but then some upstart stole his territory a few days before his chicks were due to fledge. First he left, then a day or two later, his mate left and I could hear the chicks go quieter and quieter over the next few days. I was mute at the time and also too scared to ask my parents to ask the neighbours if I could retrieve the chicks and try to save them.

#birds #GreatTits #gardenbirds

New publication: Reactions of captive adult #greattits toward aposematic #prey: effects of #personality.
https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arag001
New publication: Female #chronotype relates to lay date but not #fitness in an island population of great tits. #greattits #laydate
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-025-05857-3

It seems they 🐦‍⬛+🐦know what they want + where to find it 🤣
I hang feeders random on hooks, don't really think about it doing so

4 feeders with different food: peanuts, fatballs, mixed birdfood and sunflower-seeds, peeled, 😋 easy to snack
Do they smell what's in there?
Does 1 make a choice and the rest follows?
Do they see 👓 what's in it? 🤣

#birds #birdsofmastodon #food #feeders #BirdFeeders #news #winter #snow #cold #narore #birdphotography
#bluetits #greattits #sparrows #smallbirdsfeeder #peanuts #winterfood #sunflower #eu #europe #us