As our long time subscribers will know, I like me a bird with a ridiculous name. I’m sure you’ll remember Bird of the Week 23 – Cock-of-the-rock. For those of you who don’t:
Well, in the interest of gender balance this week we have the Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus). You people have fifthly minds and you make me sick.
As you can see the Blue Tit is actually a super cutey. They’re a member of our old friends the perching birds, Passeriformes, and they live in Europe, where they hang about, mostly looking adorable. There are actually many Tits worldwide, each one more naw-inducing than the last.
The fire-capped Tit:
The Sultan Tit:
The Black-breasted Tit:
The Great Tit:
The Japanese Tit:
Many, many Tits.
Just between you and me, I really like that Sultan Tit, it’s the crest, just look at it! Such a looker, such a show pony. Flaunt that crest, you flaunt it, you little Tit.
Yeah, that’s what I’m talking about.
The word tit actually comes from the Scandinavia titlingur, which is their word for Sparrow.
So … just keep that in mind.
17/09/2018
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