How Do You Identify A Tufted Titmouse Bird?
The tufted titmouse bird is known as “Jack Frost’s trumpeter” because it’s one of the first to show up at feeders in late fall. A very sociable bird, it often hangs around feeders with chickadees, nuthatches and small woodpeckers. Its territory is quite broad and unless you’ve had your eyes closed when you go outside, you’ve probably seen a few tufted titmouse birds around your own house. Look at photos of the tufted titmouse bird which is about 6 ΒΌ inches tall, with gray upper parts and pale gray under parts. Their heads have a gray cap and crest and their face is pale gray. The male and female have similar appearances, but the juvenile bird has duller feathers. Note the tufted titmouse bird was previously only found as far north as Iowa, Ohio, southern Pennsylvania and New Jersey, but has expanded northward into Canada and Maine. It breeds anywhere from eastern Nebraska, southern Michigan, and Maine south to Texas, the Gulf coast, and central Florida. It favors swampy or moist woodla
