Today, great tits and blue tits at the feeder on the street side of the apartment.
Many of them probably fledglings; the blue tit on the photo is still a dim kind of yellow.
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How long did you and Navhular think it would take someone to remark about tits? Well, your long awaited dream is now complete.
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I had no idea; though I expected maybe longer blog posts on blue tits would get comments sooner than this short one 🙂
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Yes. Exotic also.
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Yes, like a bluebird also looks exotic outside North America.
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