Dwarfed by a Nail (Blue Tit) Conwy

Cj Roberts posted a photo:

Dwarfed by a Nail (Blue Tit) Conwy

At initial glance a acrobatic as well as impertinent Blue Tit is a blue as well as yellow bird.A closer inspection reveals splendid blue wings, tail as well as crown, yellow underparts, greenish behind as well as mantle, white cheeks, as well as black eye stripe, bib as well as collar. They additionally have a black streak down a center of a belly, as well as a white wing bar (across a coverts). The bill is black as well as a legs have been a blue-grey.

The sexes have been similar, though a female is slightly paler.

The juvenile birds have been duller than a adults as well as have greener crown, wings as well as tail, as well as yellow cheeks.

Seen here in Conwy North Wales


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Karayu man - Ethiopia

Image
Eric Lafforgue posted a photo: July is a rainy season in Ethiopia, so all day long, a sky cganges , flitting from blue to black, from dry to really wet! Last time i came in Awash area, i suspicion a people i saw on a road were Afars. Great mistake! They have been Karayu, as well as have been not friends at all with Afars. Tribal wars took place... They look rsther than a same, wear a same clothes , for an european eye, though do not say a Karayu he is an Afar! Eric Lafforgue
Keep reading

Wild Stoat on Banks of River Conwy (North Wales)

Image
Cj Roberts posted a photo: This little stoat was charging between these rocks on a banks of a River Conwy in North Wales. The stoat or ermine, Mustela erminea, is a small rapacious mammal of a family Mustelidae. It is also known as a Shorttail (or Short-tailed) Weasel as well as reduction frequently as a ermelin. Sometimes "ermine" refers to a animal only when it has white hair in a winter, as well as in this box "stoat" only refers to it when it has brown fur.The stoat or ermine can be found roughly everywhere throughout a northern temperate, subarctic as well as Arctic regions, of Europe, Asia, as well as North America. In an catastrophic try to control a rabbit population, it was introduced in to New Zealand. The animals are largely nocturnal or crepuscular though will sometimes come out during a day.
Keep reading