ML701105 IBC 948061

Note contenuto multimediale

A bird with a prey in its beak. Published in HBW Volume 13 on page 85. Original HBW caption: The long-tailed tits are arboreal birds, foraging from the shrub layer to the canopy, but rarely venturing down to the ground. They adeptly glean prey items from the surface of twigs, leaves and buds. On occasion, they may hover or even flycatch, but it is more usual to see these acrobatic passerines hang upside down from a branch, clinging on with a single foot. This Sooty Tit has just taken a prey item while foraging in the upper branches of a small tree. Like its congeners, it usually forages in flocks outside the breeding season, sometimes in tandem with other woodland passerines. Elevation: 1721 m. Date added to IBC: June 21, 2016.