Bird feeder guest - willow tit

Photo: Arne Ader
Translation: Liis
 
Willow tit.
 
  Willow tit
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Birdman Hannes Margusson wrote very aptly already the year before last:
“A little while ago I saw the willow tit at the feeder. First there was the sound in the computer "di-dää-dää, di-dää-dää"; I opened the webplayer window and soon the little guy was there. A large black diffusely edged throat patch and paler panels on the wings, all nicely visible”.
The willow tit and the marsh tit are similar to the point of confusion; the call described by Hannu is the most reliable sign of the willow tit’s presence.

The estimated winter number of willow tits is up to five times larger than that of marsh tits, or half a million, with variations; years aren’t brothers and alike, but the number is considerably larger than that of marsh tits.



 

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