Little Oscine Bird Crochet Pattern

Most of you know them – the little singing birds. They live in our garden, in parks and forests of course. But do you really know them? Winter might be the best time to have a closer look. In my neighbourhood many people hung up fat balls for them to feast, I hung up one myself on the balcony. Did you know they have a daily routine? Every now and then they come and visit my balcony, the days are random, but they always appear around nine a clock in the morning. I’m living on the third floor so it’s pretty high, which is why then don’t come too often I guess. One year ago I hung up a birdhouse for blue tits which they only found out about this winter. Too late though, during spring last year some paper wasps build their hive in it! I’ll talk about this friendly nectar wasp in another post. The blue tits had a look into the bird house every time they visited this winter. So I ordered a second one! It now hangs right next to the wasp house but so far the blue tits haven’t visited again. But it’s still some time until the breeding season starts. Do you know when that is?

Have you ever built a bird house or a feeding station? Maybe now is the time! There are many simple instructions online. I would love to build one but don’t have the tools, nor the space to do so which is why I ordered it… But one day I sure will! For now I just picked up my crochet hook to get a little closer to the blue tits. Can you tell the difference between female and male? With this little crochet blue tit family you can guess what it is 😉 (also the female was my first try, I think the male is much improved!)

It was fun learning more about the blue tit. But there are many more of the little oscine birds like the robin, blackbird and the chaffinch. Which ones come visit your neighbourhood?