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Last Updated August 27, 2006
Class Aves:
Order
Passeriformes:
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Baeolophus bicolor
Tufted Titmouse
These are tufted titmice, Baeolophus bicolor
(click the pic to enlarge. I photographed them a few weeks ago on my
deck after a snow. I had never been aware of them until I began throwing
out birdseed. They are pretty birds, but I had some difficulty getting
the pics because they didn't stick around long and it was an overcast
day. Here is more
information on the tufted titmouse with a description and sounds
from
All About Birds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Key features of
the Tufted Titmouse include a short tuft on the head, eyes are black and
prominent in a pale gray face, a black square on forehead, gray crest,
rust colored flanks, a whitish belly and chest, and a black bill.
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