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We get great tits in our garden some times, along with blue tits. I didn't know they were so widespread though.

We get great tits, blue tits, coal tits, chaffinches, robins, tree sparrows, dunnets, collared doves, wood pigeons, the occasional crow and a gang of Jackdaws

Thanks both

Yes, I get a few great tits as well as blue tits and dunnocks, but mostly house sparrows visit my bird feeder.

I'm impressed by your garden visitors, paigetheoracle I managed to find a pair of collared doves on my daily exercise walk, but they are a much rarer sight these days compared to in my youth. Woodpigeons are flourishing, though - I see plenty of them around the area these days

I'd like to see a tree sparrow in real life, but I do get to enjoy other people's pictures of them - like house sparrows but just a bit 'prettier' (for want of a better word) with their brown heads and white streaks

Different types of Titmouse are represented in the U.S. Do these qualify as tits?

Yes, they do qualify - all members of the Paridae family

ye tufted titmouse was rarely seen in Massachusetts before 1959, but it has moved in and seems established now.

The black-capped titmouse is now known as the chickadee.

Ah, yes I know the chickadee from the Fairyland game I play A87788470

As in my little chickadee, a term of endearment, I seem to remember WC Fields using and the title of one of his films, if I my memory serves me correctly?

Mae West and W C Fields were in that movie. It was probably West's most illustrious movie, but mainly because of Fields. Margaret Hamilton was also in that moviel.

The last thing I ever saw her in was The Night Strangler, starring Darren McGavin as Kolchak.