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Long Tailed Tit (48)
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![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3645 W: 350 N: 8890]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (28681) | The Long Tailed Tit is a small and beautiful bird with a long tail and it’s very mobile, almost impossible to get a decent shot, always moving around
This one is taken in a small forest where the bird club has a feeding station in the winter to help the birds to survive the normal long cold winters up here. But this year we have so far a green rainy warm winter. It’s bad light even sunny days, because there is no snow to light up.
I took this by the feeder as I normally try to avoid, but I want to show this beauty so this is what I get. The tail is soft, the bird will not sitting still and 1/40sec is a bit too long.
But I like it anyway. I hope to take a better shot later in the winter with more natural environs.
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The Long-tailed Tit, Aegithalos caudatus, is a very small passerine bird. It breeds in most of Europe and Asia. It is a non-migratory species.
It is closely related to the true tits, and in winter it is often found with tit flocks.
This is a very small bird at only 13–15 cm in length including its very long tail, which itself makes up 7–9 cm of the total. The Long-tailed Tit is black and brown above and whitish below, with reddish flanks. It has a white crown. North European birds (A. c. caudatus) have completely white heads and flanks.
This is a restless species, constantly on the move as it searches for insects and other small food items. It is usually found in small flocks, and has been described as an avian sheep.
Long-tailed Tits are birds of deciduous woodlands with undergrowth. They nest in a tree or shrub. Six to twelve eggs are laid in a woven closed nest. The nest is held together with spider webs, and camouflaged with lichen. Adult birds will find a relative's nest and help feeding their "nephews and nieces", if their own nest is predated.
The call is loud trisyllabic srih-srih-srih.
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Sigma 400mm Tele Macro, tripod
ISO 200, Raw-format, av-mode,
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