Young robin (Erithacus rubecula) in the garden today...
The first young garden birds of the season are now visiting the bird table. We have so much leafy cover around that the young ones don’t need to show their faces until they are almost able to fend for themselves.
This is a shame – and the long-tailed tits nesting within sight of my window all disappeared together as soon as the chicks were able to fly – so I was disappointed not to see a host of baby “bum-barrels” at the bird table. They seem to prefer their own freshly-caught insects.
Anyway, so far we have two young great tits and one young robin…
Young (and noisy) great tit (Parus major) in the garden today...
Not so young, but a blue tit (Parus caeruleus)...
And another blue tit (Parus caeruleus)...
Although it's not the shot I was after, these blue tits feeding make a reasonable composition...
You can find more of my bird pictures here…
I love the way you’ve captured their individual characters, Superb X x
Oh… so pretty.
Pat…Another beautiful start of a long week-end here in the US….you’ve captured the beginning of the season with the young birds..thank you for sharing your love for the garden..
weedbychoice..kjforce
What a lovely article with beautiful photographs. I love the photo of the blue tit with the slightly tufty hair!
Thank you for posting.
Rebecca
Thank you Rebecca – yes, those blue tits do have a habit of frowning, which raises the feathers on top!
Best wishes
He also looks like he’s trying to play it cool with dark sunglasses!