Long-tailed tit
Images copyright by Mark A. Chappell



The long-tailed tit is a small gray, white, and black bird of Europe.   They move quietly through shrubs and trees, making soft calls.   One field guide says the remind observes of a fluffy ball of wool with a long tail, and I'd have to agree.   I took the photos of a bird as it bathed in a tiny creek near in Bialowieza National Park in northeastern Poland.

  • digital captures, Canon 1D3, 800 mm IS lens + 1.4X converter, fill-in flash (2009)