Fledgling Great Tit Being Fed By Parent
The Great Tit (Parus major) is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common species throughout Europe, the Middle East, Central and Northern Asia, and parts of North Africa in any sort of woodland. It is generally resident, and most Great Tits do not migrate except in extremely harsh winters. It has readily adapted to man-made habitats to become a familiar garden visitor. It can be quite aggressive at a bird table, fighting off smaller tits. In winter it joins with Blue Tits and others to form roaming flocks which scour gardens and countryside for food. It is bigger than the Blue Tit with a solid black cap, white outer tail feathers and broad black stripe down breast and belly. Although adults will feed themselves on sunflower hearts and other seeds, they need to find plenty of caterpillars for their growing youngsters. Parents are likely to collect these from near-by trees and garden shrubs.
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Location: Cheshire, England
Photo credit: © John Porter LRPS / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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