Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)...

            The Tufted Titmouse is a small North American songbird in the tit and chickadee family Paridae. Body length is 4.5 - 5.5 inches (11.5 - 14 cm) with a wing span 7.9 - 10.2 inches
 (20 - 26 cm). 

They have grey upperparts and white underparts with a white face, a grey crest, a dark forehead on top of a short stout bill, and rust or peach colored flanks. A black eye-ring surrounding the black eye makes the eye look particularly large for this small bird. Adult males and females are similar in appearance and size and nearly impossible to distinguish apart. 

Habitat is deciduous and mixed woods as well as gardens, parks and shrubland in the eastern United States; they barely range into southeastern Canada in the Great Lakes region. Tufted Titmice only occur in areas where rainfall is greater than 24 inches per year, and is more common where rainfall exceeds 32 inches/year. They are year-round residents in the area effectively circumscribed by the Great Plains, the Great Lakes, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Their range is expanding northwards, possibly due to increased availability of winter food at bird feeders. 

Tufted Titmice eat mainly insects in the summer, including caterpillars, beetles, ants and wasps, stink bugs, and treehoppers, as well as spiders and snails. Tufted Titmice also eat seeds, nuts, and berries, including acorns and beech nuts. Experiments with Tufted Titmice indicate they always choose the largest seeds they can when foraging.

Tufted Titmice nest in a hole in a tree, either a natural cavity or sometimes an old woodpecker nest. They line the nest with soft materials, sometimes plucking hair from a live animal such as a dog. If they find shed snake skin, they will try to incorporate pieces of it in their nest. Their eggs are under an inch long and are white or cream-colored with brownish or purplish spots. Sometimes, a bird born the year before remains to help its parents raise the next year's young. The pair may remain together and defend their territory year-round. 

Titmice often join small mixed flocks in winter that may include chickadees, nuthatches, and woodpeckers. 

ISO1600, aperture f/8 exposure .002 seconds (1/500) focal length 630mm

Taken on: November 8, 2019

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Camera: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. PENTAX K-3, f/8.0, 1/500 sec, 630mm (=945mm), ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. PENTAX K-3
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	630mm (35mm equivalent: 945mm)
ISO:	1600
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	PENTAX K-3 Ver. 1.00
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