Interesting Tit facts Is a great opportunity to learn more about birds. As soon as spring comes, these birds everywhere remind of themselves with sonorous singing.
So, here are the most interesting facts about titmice.
- Many people think that the bird got its name due to the blue color of the feathers. However, blue plumage is almost uncommon for tits. In fact, they came to be called that in connection with the sounds they make. If you listen closely, you can hear something similar to "si-si-si".
- Today, there are 26 species of tits, while the so-called "great tit" is most often found on the territory of Russia.
- Did you know that virtually all species of titmice do not know how to gouge holes in trees? For this reason, they often occupy the abandoned hollows of other birds (see interesting facts about birds).
- Tits are distinguished by gullibility, so a person can lure them to him and feed them with crumbs of bread.
- Tits can reach a fairly high speed. It is worth noting that in flight they rarely flap their wings.
- Curiously, the tits feed their offspring every 2 minutes.
- For the winter, titmouses do not fly south, but instead move from forests to settlements. This is due to the fact that in cities it is easier for them to find a place in which they can warm themselves.
- An interesting fact is that the use of black bread causes great harm to the health of birds.
- In Russia, a person was supposed to pay a large fine for killing a titmouse.
- In the summertime, the average tit can eat up to 400 caterpillars per day!
- A titmouse usually eats an amount of food equivalent to its weight per day.
- Tits are capable of making about 40 different sounds.
