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Black-crested Titmouse |
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Parus bicolor |
| Description: 6" sparrow-sized, gray above and whitish below, with rust-colored sides and conspicuous black crest, the Black-crested Titmouse is a race found in southwestern Okla and Texas similar to Tufted with gray crest | Habitat: Deciduous woodlands, suburbs, villages, parks, mesquite. Common, conspicuous and tame. Will come to feeders. Usually seen in small mixed flocks with chickadees and other species following the breeding season. |
| Nesting: 5-6 brown-dotted white eggs in a tree or nest box, stuffed with leaves and moss | Range: resident from southern Texas north to southern Oklahoma |
| Voice: A whistled series of 4 to 8 notes sounding like peter-peter, repeated over and over again | Diet: seeds and fruit including spiders and their eggs, a few snails. Acorns may form most of diet from November to February. |
| Notes: love to visit feeders, tame, move in groups in fall |
| When present in Oklahoma: abundant year-round southern portion, numbers slightly higher in winter months |