Continuing the tribute to the winged ones, today’s focus is on the titmouse. Probably one of the stranger names for a bird since it doesn’t really resemble anything of the things that come to mind when I see that name. I might have to track down the origin of that name out of sheer curiosity. Based on the images in the field guide, I appear to have Tufted Titmouses (or is that Titmice?) which again is common to the region I live in. This first picture is a tad fuzzy and dark, but I thought it was interesting because it looked a tad fat. Due to the poor lighting I am unable to tell if it is browner than gray and thus might be a female.
Based on observation, the titmouse has to be the most skittish of all of the birds that use my feeders. They are very timid and always land on a nearby branch first and survey the situation before eventually diving down into the larger birdfeeder (with songbird mix).
