Today's bird is the Tufted Titmouse. Slightly larger than the chickadee, the Titmouse looks like a miniature gray and white cardinal with its triangular beak and peaked head gear. One thing that always amazes me with these little birds is their large, dark eye. It loos about two sizes too big for their frame.
Tufted Titmouse enjoys a seed.
Tufted Titmouse. So many to choose from!
The slight blush of rusty beige on the flanks breaks up the monochromatic scheme on these little birds. Both males and females look alike--just like the chickadees, juncos, nuthatches, blue jays, and mourning doves.
Tufted Titmouse enjoys a seed.
Tufted Titmouse. So many to choose from!
2 comments:
Great shots! I love the wheezy, rusty calls of the titmice. Saw a great blue heron up in our Christmas bird count territory today. We count them now and then, but not often. Of course our count isn't until Sunday...he will probably be gone by then.
You have such a great variety of birds up there. When I was feeding the birds here in Texas all I ever saw were sparrows, cardinals, blue jays and dove.
JDP
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