Tits and Finches in an Italian forest
Blue Tits, Cyanistes caeruleus, always cheer me up. Who doesn’t have their spirits lifted when they see a bright, tiny little bird going about its daily business of simply existing?
They are fast moving. I’ve tried some slow motion video of them and I think it’s at about 1/4 speed that they finally have human-paced lives. There’s so much we still don’t know about their lives:
This Marsh Tit, Poecile palustris, looks particularly fine, here at Lago di Alviano.
I’ve tried taking their portraits before:
There’s a male Chaffinch, Frigilla coelebs, here. That’s a lovely blue and pink colour scheme he has going on there. Chaffinches are a personal favourite of mine.
Here’s what looks like a female but there’s that hint of blue on the back of the neck and the hint of pink on the breast. Could it be a young male?
I think I need to improve my immature bird identification skills.
Don’t you?
Here are some of my favourite Chaffinch posts:
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