Tufted TitmouseOrnithologist Thomas Grubb explores the habitat and activity of this sprightly backyard visitor and its relationships within the bird community and with its human neighbors. Full-color photographs illustrate the full range of the bird's life and behavior, including courtship, nesting, fledging, communicating, and flying. This up-close, in-depth natural history of a popular species makes an excellent resource for all birders. 135 color photos. |
Contents
Behavior and Communication | 13 |
The Nonbreeding Season | 23 |
The Breeding Season | 57 |
Of Titmice and Men | 75 |
Selected References | 81 |
Common terms and phrases
acorns adaptive adult autumn backyard behavior bill Black-capped Chickadees Black-crested Titmice Black-crested Titmouse breeding season caches called Carolina Chickadees Cimprich clutch color copulation crested Titmice Dave Dvorak dispersal dominance hierarchy ecologist Edwards Plateau eggs energy extra pair feathers feeder feeding female fledging food items food supply foraging gray growth bars Grubb habitat hawk hybrids hypothermia incubation Jim Roetzel bottom Juniper Titmouse juveniles leaving the nest Leonard Lee Leonard Lee Rue male Marsh Tit Maslowski Photo top mast crops meters mixed-species flocking natural selection nest cavity nestlings Northern Cardinal nuthatches nutritional condition Oak Titmouse offspring parents Parus bicolor percent Pielou plumage predation risk range Richard Day/Daybreak Imagery roost Scatter hoarders sing social mate socially dominant song species Steve Maslowski subordinate survive survivorship territory Texas titmice and chickadees trees Tufted and Black-crested Tufted Titmice Tufted Titmouse wing-quiver winter flock wintering titmice woodlots Woodpeckers young birds young titmice young titmouse