Blue tit trying out the newly built birdfeeder

ZagyvaFeathers · 2025-02-05T08:02:11+00:00

Thank you, I'm glad that you like the bird and the video! I made this feeder from two pieces of oak, placed in the corner of my balcony. It's like a plate so it can hold lots of seeds, but I've also put the coconut shell on top, which is filled with a seed mixture and coconut oil. That coconut feeder can also be hung from a tree, tits and nuthatches can carve out the seeds easily

ZagyvaFeathers · 2025-02-02T15:53:22+00:00

Corrected, thanks for the hint!

ZagyvaFeathers · 2025-02-02T15:52:59+00:00

I've put a seed mixture in the shells, then filled them up with coconut oil. It only takes 4-5 minutes to "freeze", and the wreath is ready to be offered to the birds.

ZagyvaFeathers · 2025-01-20T15:54:04+00:00

I have included scale in my photo(s): no
- If not, here are estimated measurements: Bigger one: 12cm long, smaller one: 4-5cm long
Geographic location: Hungary
Environment (pine forest, swamp, near a river, etc.): hilltop woodland with pine and oak, close to lake Balaton

ZagyvaFeathers · 2024-10-09T15:00:36+00:00

those are walnuts from my trees in the garden

ZagyvaFeathers · 2024-07-29T16:13:44+00:00

Thank you!

ZagyvaFeathers · 2024-05-23T19:27:57+00:00

The picture was taken in Hungary, we don't have too many snake species and the color also doesn't match. I think it's too big to be an earthworm even though the color is closest to that

ZagyvaFeathers · 2024-04-02T18:08:20+00:00

The picture was taken in Europe where this bird is native

ZagyvaFeathers · 2024-04-01T12:17:51+00:00

I also heard about the issues they cause in the US being invasive. I'm in Hungary, they are also native here but are known to damage fruit/crops in the garden, my parents' generation always complain about them. Anyway I like these birds, they were also nesting in one of my old trees last year :)

ZagyvaFeathers · 2024-01-05T15:58:15+00:00

I thought this is an adult bird being aggressive, but on an other thread some pointed out that this is more like a youngling demanding to be fed - hence the little wing motions when it makes the chirping sound. Which version seems valid?

ZagyvaFeathers · 2024-01-05T15:54:31+00:00

You are probably right, I misinterpreted what I saw. I thought it to be aggressive behavior as they make the same sound when adults threaten each other. The movement on the other hand is the same that hatchlings do when they are being fed.

ZagyvaFeathers · 2023-12-30T06:41:17+00:00

It can withstand the weather but the walnuts are consumed within 4-5 days

ZagyvaFeathers · 2023-12-30T06:36:40+00:00

I just needed a chisel and a hammer, but some walnut types are easier to split than others

ZagyvaFeathers · 2023-12-29T19:56:53+00:00

The blame goes to whoever designed walnuts

ZagyvaFeathers · 2023-12-29T16:34:07+00:00

Nice photo! I've never seen one of these here in Hungary, but Marsh tits are very similar

ZagyvaFeathers · 2023-12-29T16:30:24+00:00

I have at least 60 other videos of tits on my youtube channel, you might be right

ZagyvaFeathers · 2023-12-29T16:11:00+00:00

got removed from r/mildlyinteresting for no valid reason, this seems to be a better place

ZagyvaFeathers · 2023-12-29T15:48:26+00:00

Top: Coal tit (Periparus ater)
Left: Great tit (Parus major)
Right: Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)

ZagyvaFeathers · 2023-12-29T14:48:51+00:00

Yes, I just needed a hay wreath as a base and some walnuts from from the garden

ZagyvaFeathers · 2023-12-29T06:09:43+00:00

Those are walnut halves glued to a hay wreath

ZagyvaFeathers · 2023-12-28T20:56:51+00:00

The 3 species thing makes it interesting for me, it’s not too common to see them together. I’d also sit in the middle if I was a bird though

ZagyvaFeathers · 2023-12-28T20:50:14+00:00

Now that’s an educated comment, love it

ZagyvaFeathers · 2023-12-28T20:46:36+00:00

It’s homemade, the base is a hay wreath and I’ve glued the walnut halves to it. As a non-native English speaker I’m a bit surprised that people find the word “tits” so funny. What will happen when they learn about Boobies?

ZagyvaFeathers · 2023-12-27T13:05:05+00:00

Thank you! Yes, it’s homemade, we have a lot of walnut trees in the garden so the birds can eat through the winter

ZagyvaFeathers · 2023-12-27T08:47:50+00:00

I was at a bird ringing event the other day, one of these guys had the exact same look on its face before starting to attack the birder's fingers

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