Wildlife : Birdwatching - 668

The long-tailed tit or long-tailed bushtit (Aegithalos caudatus)

These charming little birds live in floodplain thickets, gardens, mixed and deciduous forests.
Alone they are very rare, usually at the beginning of the breeding season, birds of this species join in "family flocks", and in the autumn, together with grown nestlings, flock grow to 20 or more individuals. In winter, during wanderings, in search of food, they are found even in settlements.