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Juniper Titmouse
It is special to discover different birds in our zone, and this is the first winter I've seen this bird. There is a pair here. While we do have the habitat they like (pinyon/juniper woods), their range maps indicate they are scarce here and prefer the milder Arizona/Utah/New Mexico/southern Colorado locations. They are tricky to photograph as they hop and flit around quickly and also have superb camouflage cover in grey-toned tree branches.
Photo taken January 24, 2021
More info here:
"The Juniper Titmouse is a plain gray bird with a prominent black eye and a feisty tuft of feathers on its head. What it lacks in color, it makes up for with attitude, and its scratchy chatter can be heard all year in the pinyon-juniper woodlands of the interior West. They are very similar to the Oak Titmouse and were previously considered the same species, the Plain Titmouse, but they live in different habitats."
(www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Juniper_Titmouse/overview)
Juniper Titmouse
It is special to discover different birds in our zone, and this is the first winter I've seen this bird. There is a pair here. While we do have the habitat they like (pinyon/juniper woods), their range maps indicate they are scarce here and prefer the milder Arizona/Utah/New Mexico/southern Colorado locations. They are tricky to photograph as they hop and flit around quickly and also have superb camouflage cover in grey-toned tree branches.
Photo taken January 24, 2021
More info here:
"The Juniper Titmouse is a plain gray bird with a prominent black eye and a feisty tuft of feathers on its head. What it lacks in color, it makes up for with attitude, and its scratchy chatter can be heard all year in the pinyon-juniper woodlands of the interior West. They are very similar to the Oak Titmouse and were previously considered the same species, the Plain Titmouse, but they live in different habitats."
(www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Juniper_Titmouse/overview)