Thursday, 15 September 2011
Pure Azure?
Very interesting bird! Does this Azure Tit look-a-likey have some Blue Tit in it? What's it doing in Buckinghamshire, in late August-early September? Do people keep them as cage birds? Lots of questions surround this bird however stunning it looks.
Edit - so it would appear, thanks to local birders investigations, this is an escaped Yellow-breasted Tit. Close, but no Arctic cigar!
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Informative shots - well done Steve. Its not what you know... ;)
ReplyDeleteA lot of support on BF for Pleske's (Blue x Azure) but personally I'm struggling to find many Blue features & wonder if (escaped, malnourished) Yellow-breasted Tit? Certainly kept in captivity over here.