juvenile delinquents

I was up at the crack of dawn yesterday (10 June) as I had a CT scan in hospital later in the morning and had to drink some sort of preparatory concoction.

Anyway, on reaching the lounge I could hear a rare old commotion outside as a group of starlings were flocking around the bird feeders.  Among them was a completely undeterred fledgeling blue tit; tiny in comparison but incredibly brave as it stood its ground and got its fair share of mealworms!

Of course, I just had to grab my camera and get a photograph (and some video) which you can see below.

Fujifilm X-H2, Fujinon 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 at 400mm
1/125th of a second at f5.6, ISO 125
handheld