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Isn't this bird gorgeous?

Post by JohnBoy » Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:32 am

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Post by lovemyfinch » Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:38 am

Stunning :D
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Post by B CAMP » Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:40 am

=D> =D> :mrgreen:
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Post by L in Ontario » Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:44 am

Reminds me of a Blue Jay. Cute!
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Post by colorin » Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:11 am

a blue tit. They are beautiful !!

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Post by Jan » Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:21 am

the picture doesn't do justice to just how pretty this bird is either.. Still like the Bearded tit a little more but both are wonderfull
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Re: Isn't this bird gorgeous?

Post by kenny » Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:49 am

hi
i get quite a few in the garden,they like those peanut hangers,and those fat balls i always take the netting of that they come in and put them in a special holder,they find them easier to eat and get at ithink they used to catch thier claws on the netting


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Post by G8love4finches » Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:51 am

Beautiful bird!!...I wish we had something like that around here
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Post by 6finchfriends » Thu Apr 21, 2011 11:52 am

Looks like a blue chickadee! So pretty!
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Post by MLaRue » Thu Apr 21, 2011 11:56 am

Gorgeous! Are you getting some? :wink:

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Post by tobyneilson » Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:00 pm

Just to make you all jealous,I have blue tits as a regular visters to my garden table,along with coal tits and long tailled tits :mrgreen:

They are gorgeous birds to watch,that picture does not do it justice on how stunning they are

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Re: Isn't this bird gorgeous?

Post by Ursula » Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:45 pm

We had them on our feeder too in winter when I still lived in Austria. One of my favorites!! And they are tiny, just the cutest things. :-)
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Re: Isn't this bird gorgeous?

Post by JohnBoy » Thu Apr 21, 2011 2:28 pm

MLaRue wrote:Gorgeous! Are you getting some? :wink:
No, but I am getting a pair of straw-tail whydahs.
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Post by nelloyello11 » Thu Apr 21, 2011 6:12 pm

Oh my god, yes!
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Re: Isn't this bird gorgeous?

Post by MRobinson » Fri Apr 22, 2011 3:23 am

Stunning indeed. And I'm partial to blue...sigh...
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