Tufted Titmouse Twinkle
by Bill and Linda Tiepelman
Title
Tufted Titmouse Twinkle
Artist
Bill and Linda Tiepelman
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
The Tufted Titmouse is a small songbird from North America, a species in the tit and chickadee family. The active and noisy tufted, North America's most widespread titmouse, is remarkably uniform morphologically, genetically, vocally, and behaviorally throughout its range. Besides gleaning trees and shrubs for arthropods, it spends more time on the ground searching leaf litter than do chickadees and most other titmouse species.
A little gray bird with an echoing voice, the Tufted Titmouse is common in eastern deciduous forests and a frequent visitor to feeders. The large black eyes, small, round bill, and brushy crest gives these birds a quiet but eager expression that matches the way they flit through canopies, hang from twig-ends, and drop into bird feeders. When a titmouse finds a large seed, you'll see it carry the prize to a perch and crack it with sharp whacks of its stout bill.
Tufted Titmice are acrobatic foragers if a bit slower and more methodical than chickadees. They often flock with chickadees, nuthatches, and woodpeckers and are regular visitors to feeders, where they are assertive over smaller birds. Their flight tends to be fluttery but level rather than undulating.
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January 17th, 2013
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Comments (21)
Nancy Harrison
Great closeup. I like the sunflare effect and the extra effort to make this image clear, simple and effective. Absolutely gorgeous, Bill! v
Sharon Mau
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Randy Rosenberger
Bill, this is an absolutely phenomenal capture of this awesome avian, and your colors, and clarity of this fine composition of creativity is just divine! Love this beauty! fave and vote
Denise Oldridge
Hi Bill! I have not been on in a long time. It is hard to spend the time on FAA. I saw your picture here and it is absolutley beautiful! You must have a very expensive lens to capture something so sharp and close up! Almost looks like a drawing. Love your descriptions too. Keep up the good work!
Bill and Linda Tiepelman replied:
Thanks Denise! Yes, this was shot with my new Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM Lens :)