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Tufted Titmouse (Parus bicolor)

Tufted Titmouse

This sparrow-sized, active mite is often heard before it is seen. Its spring call of peter, peter, peter is a clear whistle, audible at some distance.

Insects are a large part of its food, but it takes seed and nuts from a station quite readily, and is quick to scold if your feeder is empty. It also responds to "squeaking," the technique bird watchers use to attract many species.

Preferring wooded areas, it appears in small groups in winter. It nests in cavities and bird boxes, and being non-migratory, often uses these same shelters for winter roosts.

The tufted titmouse is restricted to the eastern half of the country, but it has close relatives in the west.

Habitats For Birds

Common Birds
◦ Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
◦ Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
◦ Chickadee (Parus sp.)
◦ Bluebird (Sialia sp.)
◦ Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
◦ Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)
◦ Brown Creeper (Certhia familiaris)
◦ Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
◦ Cardinal (Richmondena cardinalis)
◦ Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
◦ Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
◦ Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)
◦ Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
◦ Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
◦ Crow (Corvus sp.)
◦ Downy Woodpecker (Dendrocopos pubescens)
◦ Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
◦ Goldfinch (Spinus sp.)
◦ Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
◦ Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
◦ Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
◦ House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
◦ House Wren (Trogiodytes aedon)
◦ Junco (Junco hyemalis)
◦ Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
◦ Mallard (Anas Platyrhynchos)
◦ Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
◦ Mourning Dove (Zenaida macoura)
◦ Myrtle Warbler (Dendroica coronata)
◦ Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)
◦ Pigeon (Columba livia)
◦ Purple Martin (Progne subis)
◦ Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
◦ Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
◦ Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
◦ Robin (Turdus migratorius)
◦ Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
◦ Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
◦ Sparrow Hawk (Falco sparverius)
◦ Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)
◦ Tufted Titmouse (Parus bicolor)
◦ Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
◦ White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
◦ White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
◦ Wood Pewee (contopus sp.)
◦ Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)
◦ Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
◦ Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)

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