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ture somehow! The babies grow by leaps and bounds and after 18 days they become fledglings. Remember the eternal provocative question of parents: “And if everyone jumps from the roof, will you jump too?” So, the child of the polovnik will answer this question with an unequivocal “Yes!” As soon as one chick jumps out of the nest, the others, without hesitation, rush to jump out after them. For another two weeks, the parents feed the babies on the ground, after which the young fledglings fully rise to the wing. The already grown chicks, together with their parents and helpers, subsequently form a family flock, wandering from tree to tree and destroying insect pests along the way. In the wild, the lifespan of the captive is short - on average only three years versus 15 in captivity. And this is not surprising. This charming bird has many natural enemies. Weasels, martens, owls, hawks, corvids - destroy nests and destroy the entire brood. Only every fifth tit family can boast of surviving offspring. But compared to the next natural enemy, even predators are pitiful amateurs. And the name of this villain is winter. November to February is the hardest period for long-tailed tits. During the day, to keep warm, flocks of birds constantly fly from place to place. And at night they press tightly against each other, sitting on a branch. But even frosts of −40 are not terrible for a well-fed bird. But it’s difficult to find food in winter. Try to find at least one insect when it’s below zero outside and the ground is frozen and covered with snow. Polovniks manage to find wintering insects and spiders under the bark of trees, in the cracks of houses. To increase their chances of survival, long-tailed tits fly to feeders where they pick up bread crumbs. But with the frantic metabolism of birds, all this is just a drop in the bucket, and many plump birds die. Cold and hunger can kill up to 80% of tits in a season. This is where the ability of the females to lay a large number of eggs comes to the rescue. Thanks to this, the population is restored every summer, and currently the existence of this species is not threatened. Author: Tatyana Syrcina Editor: Elizaveta Isaeva 🏀 Hit the hoop and get an NFT gift — https://t.me/BasketbolX_bot