titmice – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Fall Colors And A Few Birds

By Mia McPherson|November 8th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Black-capped Chickadees, Northern Cardinals, Sebastian County, Tufted Titmouses|Tags: adult, autumn, Baeolophus bicolor, cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis, cardinals, Carolina Chickadee, chickadee, chickadees, driftwood, fall, fall colors, feeder, garden, male, Northern Cardinal, perched, Poecile carolinensis, suburban, titmice, titmouse, titmouses, Tufted Titmouse, yard|

Yesterday, I took images of several bird species with fall colors in the background—or at least as much fall color as I'm likely to see here this year.

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Tufted Titmouse Getting A Drink In Autumn

By Mia McPherson|November 4th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Sebastian County, Tufted Titmouses|Tags: adult, autumn, Baeolophus bicolor, birdbath, drink, fall, feeder, garden, reflections, suburban, swallowing, titmice, titmouse, titmouses, Tufted Titmouse, water, yard|

It’s a pleasure to see Tufted Titmice so often here in Arkansas—they’re always full of character and much more camera-friendly than their Utah cousins.

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Tufted Titmouse, Birdbath, Water Droplets, And A Yellowjacket

By Mia McPherson|October 12th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Sebastian County, Tufted Titmouses|Tags: adult, autumn, avoiding, Baeolophus bicolor, bird bath, birdbath, fall, garden, suburban, titmice, titmouse, titmouses, Tufted Titmouse, water droplets, yard, yellow jacket, yellowjacket|

Today I'm sharing two images of an adult Tufted Titmouse, taken yesterday while the titmouse was at the birdbath, enjoying a nice cool drink of water.

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Tufted Titmouse Video Plus A Bonus Photo

By Mia McPherson|September 3rd, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Sebastian County, Tufted Titmouses|Tags: Baeolophus bicolor, bathing, bird bath, birdbath, garden, spring, titmice, titmouse, titmouses, Tufted Titmouse, urban, water, water droplets, yard|

Today I am sharing a Tufted Titmouse video that I created early yesterday morning, showing the bird working hard to get a sunflower seed out of its shell.

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Tufted Titmouse And Carolina Chickadee Photos

By Mia McPherson|July 26th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Carolina Chickadees, Sebastian County, Tufted Titmouses|Tags: adult, Baeolophus bicolor, Carolina Chickadee, chickadee, chickadees, dark background, feeder, garden, hatch year, immature, low key, perched, Poecile carolinensis, summer, titmice, titmouse, titmouses, Tufted Titmouse, urban, yard, young|

It's been a minute since I shared bird images. Today I am sharing Tufted Titmouse and Carolina Chickadee photos. Are they dark and moody, or are they low key?

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Hatch Year Tufted Titmouse On Driftwood

By Mia McPherson|July 16th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Sebastian County, Tufted Titmouses|Tags: Baeolophus bicolor, clinging, driftwood, feeder, garden, grasses, hatch year, immature, perched, post, summer, titmice, titmouse, titmouses, Tufted Titmouse, urban, yard, young|

Sometimes I share photos here because they are simply so stinking cute. This hatch year Tufted Titmouse clinging to driftwood fits that reasoning perfectly.

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Immature Tufted Titmouse At A Birdbath

By Mia McPherson|July 3rd, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Sebastian County, Tufted Titmouses|Tags: Arkansas, Baeolophus bicolor, birdbath, drink, feeder, garden, immature, juvenile, perched, reflection, Sebastian County, summer, titmice, titmouse, titmouses, Tufted Titmouse, urban, water, yard, young|

I was excited when an immature Tufted Titmouse came into my friend Steve Creek's birdbath two days ago to get a drink of refreshing water during the morning.

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Spring And A Young Tufted Titmouse

By Mia McPherson|April 11th, 2024|Categories: Birds, Tufted Titmouses|Tags: Baeolophus bicolor, feeder, immature, spring, titmice, titmouse, Tufted Titmouse, urban, young|

Last spring, I took this young Tufted Titmouse photo in the yard of my dear friend, Steve Creek, while I was at his home resting and recuperating in Arkansas.

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Adult and Immature Tufted Titmouse Photos

By Mia McPherson|December 27th, 2023|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Sebastian County, Tufted Titmouses|Tags: adult, Baeolophus bicolor, branch, feeder, immature, morning light, perched, spring, summer, titmice, titmouse, Tufted Titmouse, urban, wooded, yard, young|

This year, I was thrilled to photograph Tufted Titmouse in my friend Steve Creek's very birdy and extremely wonderful Arkansas yard.

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Juniper Titmouse Photos In Utah

By Mia McPherson|December 13th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Juniper Titmouses, Mercur Canyon, Simpson Springs, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, autumn, Baeolophus ridgwayi, close up, desert, fall, foothills, juniper, Juniper Titmouse, junipers, Juniperus osteosperma, perched, portrait, sky island mountains, small in frame, titmice, titmouse, tree, trees, Utah Juniper|

Even though I have taken Juniper Titmouse images, this titmouse species is still a bit of a nemesis bird for me. I just don't see them as much as I would like.

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Young Tufted Titmouse Exploring The World

By Mia McPherson|June 30th, 2023|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Sebastian County, Tufted Titmouses|Tags: Baeolophus bicolor, driftwood, feeder, immature, morning light, perched, summer, titmice, titmouse, Tufted Titmouse, urban, yard, young|

I was thrilled to observe and photograph this charming young Tufted Titmouse a few days ago. I was able to see and hear Tufted Titmice in both Oklahoma and Arkansas.

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Red-breasted Nuthatch And Juniper Titmouse Photos

By Mia McPherson|April 22nd, 2020|Categories: Birds, Juniper Titmouses, Red-breasted Nuthatches, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, Baeolophus ridgwayi, call, clouds, cone, cones, conifer, Douglas fir, early morning light, evergreen, fir, firs, juniper, Juniper Titmouse, male, morning, nuthatch, nuthatches, perched, Pseudotsuga menziesii, recording, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Sitta canadensis, sky, spring, titmice, titmouse, titmouses|

These are the stories behind how I took these Red-breasted Nuthatch and Juniper Titmouse photos while relaxing and enjoying a lovely day in the West Desert.

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West Desert Juniper Titmouse Feeding On Juniper Berry Seeds

By Mia McPherson|November 27th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Juniper Titmouses, Simpson Springs, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: Baeolophus ridgwayi, berry, bill, bird names, cone, desert, drab, eating, feeding behavior, gray, juniper, Juniper Titmouse, junipers, Juniperus osteosperma, nemesis, perched, plain, plural, seed, singular, titmice, titmouse, titmouses, Utah Juniper|

Because I have spent so much time out in the West Desert lately I have seen and heard quite a few Juniper Titmice moving through the junipers that dot the slopes of the mountains and foothills.

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