There were several groves of trees near the Munich airport hotel that I stayed in prior to my return flight to the United States. I figured there might be some birds to photograph and was happy when I spotted birds flitting about. They reminded me of chickadees, but were much more colorful.
I did a little research on-line and think that the bird in the first photo is a Eurasian Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) and the one in the second image looks to be a Great Tit (Parus major). Apparently they are both pretty common, but they seem rare and exotic to me because they are not to be found in the area in which I live.
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Blue Tits are just gorgeous little chickadees — same size, same habits. If you find some Coal Tits in the forest there, you’ll swear they ARE chickadees.
Would love to see this in person!!
They are very common in England as well. Lovely captures, Mike!