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Fat Balls
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 4:13 pm
by johnd83
Good afternoon all,
If is just me or do long tailed tit seems to always go for the fat balls. This afternoon I counted 15 long tailed tits feeding on the fat balls not the seed. I have also seem this at other feeding station near where I live.
Re: Fat Balls
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 6:16 pm
by Placido
On the rare occasions when I am visited by LTTs, I find that they seem naturally to target hanging food of any sort rather than venture onto the ground.
I am fortunate enough to have a fair few trees and shrubs and have observed them firkling about along the twigs and branches searching for arboreal food in preference to coming down to the food on the lawn.
All the other types of tit which visit will happily come down, but the LTTs like to stay up high
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Re: Fat Balls
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 7:30 pm
by johnd83
I have various hanging type of feed but the all the ltt seems to go for the fat balls. I wasn't sure if there was a reason other than choice.
Re: Fat Balls
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 9:24 pm
by Jacksparrow
I only get LTTs very occasionally but when the do come it is usually the hanging fat ball feeder that takes their interest. They are by nature arboreal so I think a visit to the ground would be a very rare event.
Re: Fat Balls
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 10:54 pm
by johnd83
I counted 15 on my rear garden feeding station this afternoon. Lovely to watch. I also had 7 starlings enjoying my meal worms.
Re: Fat Balls
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 10:32 am
by Placido
15 LTTs is good going, Johnd
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Re: Fat Balls
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 9:03 pm
by Jacksparrow
johnd83 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 20, 2019 10:54 pm
I counted 15 on my rear garden feeding station this afternoon. Lovely to watch. I also had 7 starlings enjoying my meal worms.
Fifteen 
That is more than I see in a year.
Re: Fat Balls
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 9:59 pm
by Butterfly
johnd83 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 20, 2019 10:54 pm
I counted 15 on my rear garden feeding station this afternoon. Lovely to watch. I also had 7 starlings enjoying my meal worms.
That sure is a lot of LTTs
, I'm so jealous
. I only saw a couple in my garden.
Re: Fat Balls
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 10:43 pm
by greenfinch2
I have never seen one .
Re: Fat Balls
Posted: Thu May 12, 2022 7:54 pm
by Jacksparrow
May has arrived and that means two annual events happen in my garden. The fledgling starlings love fatballs and noisily fight over taking their turn on the feeder. Then there are the Jackdaws who are now feeding nestlings and they also want to pillage the fatballs. Consequently the consumption of fatballs outstrips my ability to supply. It will get worse when the young Jackdaws fledge.