Tit with a crest
Photo: Arne Ader
Translation: Liis
Crested tit.
| Crested tit |
Tutt – tihane
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Parus cristatus |
Adult crested tits can be recognized from their black and white patterned head crest: no other tits have such warlike ornaments. Outside forests crested tits are seldom seen, and they are only occasional surprise visitors at bird feeders. You can look for them in pine forests. If you hear a fine, thin zee-zeeing sound in the forest, it may be from crested tits. In summer and autumn spiders and other titbits were cached in cracks in tree branches, and now they are rediscovered there.
The crested tit is a numerous nesting and wintering bird on the Estonian mainland, but very rare on the islands. In winter they mostly live in groups. And in a few weeks, when the sun has risen higher, they will start forming pairs.
The crested tit is a numerous nesting and wintering bird on the Estonian mainland, but very rare on the islands. In winter they mostly live in groups. And in a few weeks, when the sun has risen higher, they will start forming pairs.
News History
- Students’ tit camera
04.02.2012. - Bird feeder guest - redpoll
04.02.2012. - Birder’s diary - 2.02
03.02.2012. - Nature Year Photo 2012
03.02.2012. - ABC of winter garden birds for smart phones
03.02.2012. - Birder’s diary – summary of January
02.02.2012. - Trees of the year - the apple trees
02.02.2012. - Birder's diary - 31.01
02.02.2012. - Burbot - the only winter spawner in fresh waters
02.02.2012. - Boar at feeding ground
01.02.2012. - Ice flower time
01.02.2012. - First results of Winter Garden Bird Watch
31.01.2012. - Birder's diary - 29.01
31.01.2012. - Winter bird feeder camera guests – jay
29.01.2012. - Birder’s diary - 28.01
29.01.2012. - Ice cover on river in the morning
29.01.2012. - Birder’s diary - 27.01
29.01.2012. - Ravens flirting
28.01.2012. - Birder’s diary - 26.01
27.01.2012. - Winter bird feeder camera guest – bullfinch
27.01.2012. - Garden Bird Watch this weekend
26.01.2012. - Birder's diary - 25.01
26.01.2012. - Capercaillie - a bird of pine trees
25.01.2012. - Ice forming on rivers
25.01.2012. - Backyard Potterer’s journal: January
25.01.2012. - Where have the boars gone?
24.01.2012. - Home page of Bird of the Year open
24.01.2012. - Birder's diary - 100 species passed!
24.01.2012. - Birder's diary - 22.01
23.01.2012. - Brisk action at eagle feeding ground
23.01.2012. - Roe deer herds still seen in places
22.01.2012. - Loads of eagles ...
21.01.2012. - Visitor
21.01.2012. - "Märka mind“ – “See me"
21.01.2012. - Elk tracks in snow
20.01.2012. - Birder's diary - 18.01
20.01.2012. - Birder's diary - 17.01
19.01.2012. - Drinker moth’s caterpillars like snow
17.01.2012. - Birder's diary - 16.01
17.01.2012. - Birds of the Year: the plovers
16.01.2012. - Birder's diary - 15.01
16.01.2012. - White-tailed eagles here
16.01.2012. - The year in nature 2011: Rich and poor
15.01.2012. - Birder's diary - 14.01
15.01.2012. - Birder's diary - 13.01
15.01.2012. - What do wolves do in winter?
14.01.2012. - Who walked on the snow? Mobile helps you know
14.01.2012. - Birder's diary - 12.01
14.01.2012. - Thaw made raccoon dogs wake up
13.01.2012. - Wintering eagles
12.01.2012.








