Blue Tits

[landman]

We've had a family of blue tits feeding from our food station on the third floor. They came 3 or 4 times a day. Suddenly sparrows and a thrush appeared and the blue tits have vanished. Do they migrate, are the other birds responsible? After 3 months of the blue tits visiting us, I miss seeing them. What does anyone reckon is the reason for their disappearing?

[Thunderbird+]

I would think that at this time of the year there is such an abundance of natural foods ie caterpillers and other insects in surrounding trees etc. I guess when the natural food becomes scarce, they will return to your feeding station to supliment their diet.

[gessoo]

Our blue tits are not about at the moment. I think they are sitting firmly on their nests. We usually don't see them at this time and then suddenly they appear again with all their young.

[burnhal]

The blue tits will be sitting firmly on their nests at the mo. Once hatched- they will be collecting insects and caterpillars to feed to the young. They won't be feeding them seed! And what you will have had visiting over the last three months wont be a 'family' as such. Over the winter months many small birds tend to group together but split up into pairs when the breeding season rolls round.