Long-tailed tits are among the most adorable birds on earth. Here are two prime examples. 🤍 🖤 🤎 🤍

Left: photographer - Kari Koivisto

Right: photographer - Matt Wells

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Two tufted titmice in flight. One tuftie is just taking off, its wings spread wide but its toes are still in contact with the branch. That's great split-second timing! The photographer is Mark Olsen.

On the right, the second bird has completely left its branch. Love those curled-up toes! The photographer is Jeff Rosenberg.

Note that with both birds, their crests are plastered down on their heads so they're aerodynamically rounded and don't have have the characteristic "cone" shape. While some tufties do fly with their crests partially up, more often, they use their pointy heads as communication and aggression signals to other birds: "Leave my food alone!" "The exit from my territory's that way!" or "What is this strange thing I'm looking at?!" which is sometimes done when encountering a camera lens on a feeder. Normally, tufties are cheerful and social little birds, but when the crest very sharply goes way up, it can be a way of signaling irritation.

Again, photographer on the left is Mark Olsen. Photographer on the right is Jeff Rosenberg.

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A winsome Tufted Titmouse. 🥰 😘 🩶 🧡 🤍 🖤

Photographer - Lester Graham

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