Fat Balls

[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.

[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 .

[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.

[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.

[johnd83]

I counted 15 on my rear garden feeding station this afternoon. Lovely to watch. I also had 7 starlings enjoying my meal worms.

[Placido]

15 LTTs is good going, Johnd .

[Jacksparrow]

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.

[Butterfly]

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.

[greenfinch2]

I have never seen one .

[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.