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Tit in hand
hansbertil

Tit in hand

The weather has been lousy here for the last weeks - darkness, rain or snow. The sun is only up for 6 hours - but we never get to see it for all the clouds. I tried to photograph the willow with one hand and feed it with the other hand. Not so easy as the camera with the 24-70 lens is rather bulky and leaves less than 30 cm to the bird. 34 mm focal length and almost no crop.

The little chap is relaxed enough to try and get 2 seeds at the same time. Actually he preferred to eat from my hand rather than to fight with the other birds over the seeds on the ground. The Crested tit and Coal tit only approach my hand if they have no other choice - and then they only have one foot on my hand. The Great tit and Nuthatch will probably never consider it....
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2008-12-03
A curious way to stablish the level of boldness of the Parus family! ;)

Fantastic from every point of view: the subject, to be able to take it with only one hand... and to see your feeding hand!!! o:D Thanks for sharing this peerless picture, Hans!!! :t: :t: :t:
 
Now thats what I like to see Hans, a Tit in the hand. Super pic mate, really brave little fellas some of em, good shot mate.
 
Lovely shot and interesting behaviour description,Hans :t::t:
Here too,the marsh and willow tits always get two seeds at the same time in their beak ;)
 
Not to make a picture as well but I never had the thougt of feeding them from my hand. I'm going to try this at home;). Would just love the experiance.
Thanks for the lovely picture. Just great. :t::t::t:
 

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