Great tit/ Blue Tit cross (1 Viewer)

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joser

Well-known member

• Jun 13, 2004

• #1

Am I just going insanely mad or could I have seen a bird that resembled a Great Tit, with the only difference being it had a blue cap just like a blue tit!! I know some birds obviously do cross breed, so is this what has happened? I've just never heard of it or seen it before with these two birds. Correct me if I'm just being stupid!! And before you ask, no, sorry I didn't get a photo.

 

scampo

Steve Campsall

• Jun 13, 2004

• #2

It's the heat - don't worry, you're not alone... A great blue tit is, I hope, biologically unlikely!

 

IanF

Moderator

• Jun 13, 2004

• #3

I suspect it may have been a young Great Tit. We have them around at the moment. The ones fresh out of the dark nest holes have grey/blue caps and a pale yellowish tinge to the body which disappears after a few days.

 

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joser

Well-known member

• Jun 13, 2004

• #4

scampo said:

It's the heat

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I'm beginning to think it probably was!!

IanF said:

I suspect it may have been a young Great Tit. We have them around at the moment. The ones fresh out of the dark nest holes have grey/blue caps and a pale yellowish tinge to the body which disappears after a few days.

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Yeah, s'pose it probably was. Its just that my reccollection of it was that the blue cap was as bright as a blue tits, striking blue. If a juv. great tits cap can be this bright when its first fledged then thats what it was but they aren't, are they? I think I should just drop this now because I can feel this hole that I'm digging getting deeper and deeper!! I just hope I see it again - prove to myself that I'm not crazy!!

 

scampo

Steve Campsall

• Jun 13, 2004

• #5

Crazy? Have you got hairs growing on the palm of your hands? That's a sure sign of craziness. Looking for them proves it...

(-;

 

Mickymouse

Ubuntu Linux user

• Jun 13, 2004

• #6

What if you find some???????

Mick

 

scampo

Steve Campsall

• Jun 13, 2004

• #7

The yellow van's on the way, Mick. Just do what the man says. Don't you worry a bit.

;-)