Juniper Titmouse
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paridae
Genus: Baeolophus
Species: ridgwayi
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Description
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Length: 5.75"
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Wing span: 9"
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Weight: 0.6 oz (17 grams)
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Small gray songbird with short crest on top of head
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Small dark bill
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Dark eyes
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Lighter gray on upperparts than below
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Sexes are silimar in plumage
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Juveniles resemble adults but with softer feathers and moore loosely textured
VERY SIMILAR TO Oak Titmouse
Factoids:
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Formerly lumped with the Oak Titmouse in the species known appropriately as Plain Titmouse, the Juniper Titmouse is found primarily in the Great Basin
- The incubating female sits very tight on the nest while incubating, and will hiss like a snake if disturbed
- Gleans insects from bark and foliage. Hangs upside down. Hammers seeds against branch to open them
- Nest in hole in tree, built of grass, shredded bark, and hair. Uses nest boxes
All photographs and audio clips are ©Jamie Mullin 2006
Sources: Cornell Lab of Ornithology & The Sibley Guide to Birds.
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