Tuesday 27 March 2012

My garden door handle.................. an ideal perch for this lovely little Blue Tit

For about a week now this little Blue Tit has been using the door handles of my french doors as a perch.
He's been having a good look inside... casing up the joint for a break in?
Or is he seeing a rival in his reflection.


I saw him on Sunday morning and set up the camcorder hoping he would return.
It took just ten minutes to put this little clip together... it's been lovely to watch him doing this.

 World Bird Wednesday LXXI

47 comments:

  1. Lovely this little guest....it's so nice to see.

    greetings, joop

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  2. Nice! Lucky you got a cute visitor!
    Happy WBW!

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  3. Aww...how cute! I loved it when he jumped, I think he was trying to get your attention, he just wanted to have breakfast with you.

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  4. Looks like he wants in Andrew!! Boom & Gaey of the Vermilon River, Canada.

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  5. the way he slides in from the side makes me laugh! cute little 'caser'. :)

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  6. Ah, cute little guy. I assume you used WMM to delete the sound? I discovered that soon off. It was the slo-motion feature that you tipped me off on that took 12 months for me.

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  7. What a cool bird to have so close by! Good steady video!

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  8. I thoroughly enjoyed this video of your darling little visitor. Thanks Andrew!

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  9. Oh how sweet! It looks like he REALLY wants to come inside!

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  10. How sweet is that?! Mum has been gardening a lot lately in this summer weather and she said she invariably has Mr. Robin perched nearby...

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  11. I love your silent movie, the silence allows me to enjoy that sweet little bird. love it

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  12. Hey Andrew, love the video, so nice to see this little bird. I think the reason he is coming to the window is that he sees his reflection in the glass and thinks he has a rival. The jump was a tell for me.

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  13. I enjoyed watching your video, the blue tit is watching himself in the window.

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  14. Either he can see himself or you put a peanut just behind the glass!

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  15. Nice visitor! Seems to be determined to get in:)

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  16. Beautiful bird and a great video capture.

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  17. Beautiful Andrew .. It was worth the trouble of setting up your cam-recorder. Such a pretty little bird .... I love how he flits off and then flits back again nervously looking around. Delightful!

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  18. that is a curious little fellow. Nice video. :)

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  19. I'm sure I heard him say, let me in! Great capture of this pretty bird!

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  20. You don't leave the house empty, do you. I am bugler, lol.

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  21. we get this behaviour in the male human . its called vanity, there is a long-tailed tit that admires itself in an old mirror we have in the garden I am going to put a cover over it as the cats are showing an interest in its daily routine.

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  22. sorry Andrew type in the search box , Wild life in wales.to get the post up
    Http;//wildaboutwales.us/wp/

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  23. This is so cool! I love watching the birds at my kitchen window feeder. I really need to try a video. Excellent!

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  24. O que eu acho mais bacana é a confiança que esse pássaro tem em pousar na sua maçaneta.
    Isso que é a verdadeira interação do ser humano com a natureza... parabéns!!!
    Boa semana!
    Beijinhos.
    Brasil.

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    (✿◠‿◠)
    ¸.•°`♥✿⊱╮

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  25. too cute for words, he's looking for food!!

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  26. What a great capture with your video camera.

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  27. Super video Andrew!
    Cute little fellow.

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  28. How strange when worlds meet! He was being introduced to the man in the glass.
    Cheers Andrew!

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  29. Yet another great video! We had house finches decide they'd try and build a nest behind our small porch light. It wasn't going to work, twigs falling all over the place, so I had to dismantle it in hopes they'd think up a better place (we've got so many good places here)! We saw them sitting on the front deck railing thinking hard about what to do next. Haven't seen any twigs behind the porch light, so we're hoping they've found a nest spot that's a bit more sensible.

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  30. Really wonderful video, what a beautiful little bird. I think he wants to join you for breakfast.

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  31. Andrew, What a sweet video of this cute bird. Well done...it made me smile!

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  32. It's beautiful, you had a great visit.

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  33. That's fantastic, Andrew! It's nice to see video. Great little perch for that guy!

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  34. Hi there - splendid little bird!

    After I saw Gary and Boomers post about the Musk Rat I was racking my brain about where Musky the cartoon character came from. And then along came your comment - splendid!

    Cheers - Stewart M - Australia

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  35. Hi Drew, I think he's seeing a competitor in the reflecting glass. Wait till he gets up the courage to start pecking at it! Cheers, Hilke

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  36. Great minds thing alike, you're clip is almost double the length of my Phalacrocorax aristotelis clip.
    Georgeous !

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  37. Gorgeous bird Andrew, love it!
    Have a nice day, Louise

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  38. What a charming little visitor! Maybe he just wants to be invited for breakfast.

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  39. I wonder if he can see himself in the glass. :)

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  40. What a delightful little dance! So glad you captured it.

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  41. What a great video and I think he is just admiring himself. After all, why not, he is a cutie.

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