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A very smart Great Tit: A day or two ago I observed a young female Great Tit hunting for spiders in the top corner of the window by the roll of of our balcony marquies. Anyway our nylon window screen is held on there by Velcro-tape along the edges of the window frame; and she hung there by her feet ...

But what if a wasp queen settles in one???
Oh, nooooo! !!!

Thanks Will, I was thinking mainly about winter. If I install them on the balcony they will be warmer as the heat loss through my bedroom's glass wall of windows and balcony door usually keeps the frost out of plant containers up against the wall outside. It's also shaded by my marquise keeping it c...

My new bird houses with 32 mm holes for Great Tits. https://i.postimg.cc/x1h3S4Pp/Bird-Houses.jpg They were sold by NABU which is Germany's version of the RSPB. But they not only protect birds but also other animals: like the ones which raid bird houses! 🤬 A small token of the bird houses' cost goes...

Willpar wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 17, 2025 10:38 pm

Great stuff Charles, the birds will be pleased.

Thanks! The birds fly in and out of my balcony non stop all day; and today they were more playful then usual. They are really fun to watch!
I mostly have Great Tits and Blue Tits here plus a new visitor the cute, wee Marsh Tit!

Greetings everybody! My wife and I managed to get this 28 kg shipment of bird feed home from the town square on my home-made wagon. It was 2 km of 'Extreme Sport' up 3 nasty hills and down again to where we live. 😮‍💨🙄 I only made it half way due to very low low blood sugar and a heart / lung issue a...

Oh, I also have a nice set of bird houses on their way.

I discovered a new trick for sneaking up on the tits which are very leery of cameras: First I put on a comfy black shirt with my black sports trousers and then pull the heavy, green curtains over the balcony door, hiding behind them and then take shots through the window to the right of the door. Th...

And new today is this cute, wee Coal Tit ....Oooops!!! He's a Marsh Tit! 🤦🏻‍♂️ He is actually a bit smaller than the Blue Tit on the other side of the tray from him. https://i.postimg.cc/XqKGnwNM/IMG-20250916-134135.jpg But back to the wrong bird for a short: In Germany a Coal Tit is called a 'Tanne...

Here is my new 28 cm hexagonal feeder tray with it's three 35 cm chains. The stone in the middle is to stabilize angular displacement for a 25 gram Great Tit flying in at an air speed of one metre per second. The weighs about 8 x the bird. https://i.postimg.cc/9Q9M2dLL/3x-Parus-Major-16-Sept-2025.jp...