In a walk around the local park, a pair of Great Tits called my attention. They were calling and foraging in a horse chestnut. I watched how dexterously they grabbed the large leaves with their bills, pulled them towards them, and held them with one foot while feeding (top shot). They were looking for larvae or pupae of the horse chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella, a micromoth that has expanded its range throughout Europe from its native Balkans. The moth's larvae feed inside the leaves of the horse chestnut, leaving them speckled. Blue tits also feed on this leaf-miner (as do Marsh Tits), and I've seen them feeding on them before, but as they are lighter than Great Tits, they are able to just hang from the leaves themselves.
In my local park leaf miner moth is wrecking the horse chestnuts, leaving the leaves browned, full of holes, and falling off a month early. We also have lots of Great Tits, considerably outnumbering the other tit species. I hope the birds are doing all they can, and more power to their little beaks.
I feed small birds from my hand, and notice how strong Great Tits' feet are. When one lands on your finger it's like being gripped by a tiny Mole wrench.
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In my local park leaf miner moth is wrecking the horse chestnuts, leaving the leaves browned, full of holes, and falling off a month early. We also have lots of Great Tits, considerably outnumbering the other tit species. I hope the birds are doing all they can, and more power to their little beaks.
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