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It was snowing all yesterday in rural Worcestershire, UK, so the peanut feeder was especially busy. This industrious blue tit was very pleased with its success.

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weofodthignen

Clever little thing :-)

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nanila

And very determined! Extraction took a while.

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peaked

This is such a cool photo!

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nanila

Thank you! I was happy to have captured the moment the peanut popped free. :D

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vriddy

What a cool picture!! :D

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nanila

Thank you! I like the foot waving - I think the tit was a bit surprised when the peanut finally was released.

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angrboda

I wonder if there's something in the shape that makes them like it more. We have one now with a similar shape to this one and frequently see a great tit on it. Previously we had a cylindrical one (mysteriously vanished) which hardly ever had a bird on it.

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nanila

I think they like clinging to the wire frame. It gives them a good purchase while they work the nuts out from between the wires.

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shirebound

*beams* What a wonderful moment to capture.

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nanila

It was really neat to watch. 😀

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cmcmck

That nut is nearly as big as the little blue tit! :o)

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nanila

Yep, it flew off and didn't return for several minutes. Must have taken some time to get through!

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yourlibrarian

Good for it! Wonderful picture.

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nanila

A rich reward! :D and thank you.

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turlough

Gorgeous photo! I love watching the blue tits at my feeders. They're such perky little things.

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nanila

They're quite scrappy, too, they don't take any nonsense from the bigger birds. Small but mighty.

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turlough

Oh yes! Neither the great tits nor the nuthatches stand a chance against them.

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screechfox

This is such a good photo! It was only frosty here, but enough that our pond froze over. We put out some warm water in an old bird bath and it got faintly mobbed, although mostly by blackbirds who scared off the other birds.

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nanila

Thank you! It has been unusually cold here for over a week. It was -10C when I got up this morning. We've been trying to make sure there is water available as well as topping up the food supplies daily.

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screechfox

It didn't get quite that cold here, but I definitely heard about it from coworkers. We thought about digging out our old birdfeeders and buying some seed, but our garden is in the process of being turned into a wildflower meadow, so we didn't want to add extra seeds into the mix this year. Water, we've been doing, though.

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scintilla10

So cute!

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nanila

Cute and determined! 😀

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adafrog

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nanila

🙂

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pensnest

That bluetit is doing well! We get lots of blue tits and great tits (and robins), and yesterday the sporadic invasion of long-tailed tits also happened. The peanut feeder tends to empty second, after the one that has a mixture of fat, seeds and worms, but there's a squirrel that has been doing its best to help out.