Talk:Blue Tit

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As an American my information is second-hand, but didn't Blue Tits teach one another how to open milk bottles, back in the 1960s, a phenomenon taken for a mark of culturally transmitted learning? User:Wetman

quite right - I'll add that if you haven't already jim
Wasn't it Great Tit? "In England, Great Tits learned to break open the foil caps sealing bottles of milk that had been delivered to homes to get at the cream floating on top." --Akumiszcza 08:03, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] DIfferent sexes are different colours ... in the ultraviolet spectrum

Interesting paper [1] (PDF) which sets out to show that the different sexes of blue tit are actually different colours, if you can see in the UV part of the spectrum as these birds apparently can. Also, females may choose their mate based on the intensity of the male's crown, in UV [2]. These would make good additions to the article if someone has the time to go through the papers in detail. Richard W.M. Jones 19:18, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Spain

Why Spain? Euchiasmus 14:15, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Comment from Sam Willacy

Hi my name is Sam Willacy.

I have a blue tit nesting in a nest box just outside my window. It is great fun watching it make the nest. -- 16:33, 9 April 2007 81.154.44.27

[edit] Images?

There are far, far too many images in this article. The one at the bottom is incorrectly placed, and the caption attributes the author. We do that on the image page. The gallery is unneeded- showing what they look like from different angles (and in flight) are good, and images to display habits (feeding, nesting) are great, but all these images add nothing to the article. J Milburn 17:11, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Agree - all are on the relevant commons page. There is a commons link anyway. I will remove the gallery and individual images may be readded to the appropriate text when written. cheers, Casliber | talk | contribs 10:54, 22 April 2007 (UTC)