Even in the city we are surrounded by a sufficiently large number of birds, and many of them belong to the wild.Gone are the days when only the pigeons and sparrows were accompanied by urban residents.Who is not unusual to see in the park jay or hear the woodpecker.Things went so far that at the sight of a feathered citizens begin to think about what kind of animal.The impasse puts people at times even crested tit, that "in the face" every villager knows, and we know it is not.So let's get acquainted!
What tits are most common in Russia
To begin with we shall understand, what kind of bird we speak.There are very different kinds of tits, and their names are as follows:
- Great Tit.It is this that often catches the eye of the citizens, because life in the big cities it is not confused.
- Blue tit.It is unlikely you will find in the city, because it has a tendency to migrate, and besides, the city ignored in principle.
- Moskovka.Most likely, you do not even realize that this bird - the blue in it.Although urban living completely free.
- Tufted titmouse.About her - the entire article, so long as not to go.
- willow tit.To meet her too, very low probability - "humane" places it avoids, but still prefers the marshes.Long-tailed Tit
- .She loves river shore, solitude and silence, so that those who are not inclined to travel in a low, it is unlikely it will face.
- Remez.Also river bird, and besides, even singing.But quite a wild river and not the character with whom you can meet in an urban setting.
How does bird crested bird
this is very small, even smaller than a sparrow.The length of her body, even in the largest specimens does not exceed 14 cm, and the scope of both wings - 21st.It weighs a little bird and all - from 9 to 14 grams.The top of this small bull painted in a grayish-brown color, and the bottom - white, but not clean.Around the neck is a black strip of the same color has throat.But the main difference, which boasts a bird crested tit (photo below) - is unmistakable sharp crest decorated with contrasting spots (white and black) colors.
bird habitats
It should be noted that the crested tit traditionally found only in the European North.Coniferous forests between the middle Volga region and Arkhangelsk, Bashkortostan, east of the Caucasus - this is where she feels comfortable.But in recent years its habitat area increased significantly.Now it is found in other regions - mainly where conifers are present.I wonder what came across hohlushka ornithologists and nature lovers, even in Greece and Spain, although they admitted openly that they were single instances.That's where the living bird crested tit (photo below).
nature and habits of the crested tit
It differs advantages (or disadvantages - it is how you look), inherent to every bird of the genus.Tufted titmouse very mobile, bold, cheerful, likes to quarrel and fight, while delivering great courage and loves to climb.Singing ability in birds are small, often disappointing those who try to tame them, but poses "seduction", which takes the male while the female ohmureniya, the envy of any blue or peacock.
also interesting winter habits, which has crested tit - in the cold it is combined with a wren, pikas, poison dart frogs, Moskovka and travels under the watchful eye spotted woodpecker, which is very increases the chances of survival.
bird rescue
crested tit, along with Moskovko, it is a natural orderly coniferous forests.Its main advantage is that even in the cold, it first looks for overwintering insects and only in their lack of consent to feed grain.Incidentally, this diet is very annoying bird, because it requires many hours of searches;but as long as crested tit is not starved, she is looking for larvae or eggs of insects.Incidentally, this can be a problem if you decide to hold such a bird house - it needs for the most part it is a live feed.
Winter problem
worst feel any tits winter.And this time, they are not particularly pick and - eat what he catches.Of course, until the temperature is too low, the same crested tit will look for wintering insects, but as soon as she drops to minus 15, agree on other food.People who want to help cruise in the cold, should know that besides the trivial grains can give ward to support them, but not poison.The best dressing will unsalted bacon, raw sunflower seeds, watermelon and pumpkin.If you bought the New Year coconut shells it will be a gift for tits - they simply hang on the rope.Note that the bread or the traditional millet tits do not eat, so they will feed you sparrows and pigeons.Sometimes, if nothing else, we can offer titmouse lean meat or uncooked bones.
to tits in the cold season, when the snow falls and hits the cold, it is necessary to build bird feeders.
These cheerful fauna often like to visit them, sometimes even eat food from human hands.Feeders for birds to build a simple enough.It should be cut into an empty five-liter plastic bottles of purified water hole in the side, wide enough.At the bottom of the trough pour Shinichi food (see above, that it is possible and what is not), the neck tie structure to the branch of a tree that grows perpendicular to the ground, at a height of one and a half or two meters.An improvised table tits ready!
Nimble birds and drop between windows, the window where quite often people (especially the elderly) are stored in the winter foods: cottage cheese, butter, bacon, sausage.And feast with great pleasure!
