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Tufted Titmouse

Baeolophus bicolor

Titmice line their nests with soft hair, sometimes plucked straight from a living animal.

In your real yard: Sunflower seed, peanuts and suet, and a nest box with a 1 1/4 inch hole.

Spot it in the game

Lives in the Backyard habitat (Eastern North America).

Tufted Titmouse, Baeolophus bicolor
Photo: Kalvin Chan, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist. Cut out from the original photo.

Tufted Titmouse facts

Family
Chickadees and tits
Length
5.9 in (15 cm)
Wingspan
9.1 in (23 cm)
Weight
0.8 oz (22 g)
Diet
Insects in summer, seeds and nuts in winter.
Range
Eastern United States, from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast.
Nest
A tree hole or nest box, lined with soft hair and fur.
Song
A loud whistled "peter-peter-peter".
Active
by day
Status
Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: widespread and not at risk.

What the Tufted Titmouse sounds like

Recording 1: Andrea Wallace, CC BY 4.0, original on iNaturalist. Trimmed and cleaned of low background noise.
Recording 2: steve, CC BY-SA 4.0, original on xeno-canto. Trimmed and cleaned of low background noise.

How to attract the Tufted Titmouse

Feeder foods, favorite first: sunflower seed, peanuts, suet. Feeders that hold them: tube feeder, platform feeder and suet cage. Keep a bird bath full, too.

In the game: fill a feeder with sunflower seed, peanuts and suet and keep the bird bath full. It is a common visitor.

More: bird songs and calls, what to feed birds.

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