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July 28, 2006

Friday Feathers

The Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) is a slate gray bird with a white chest and belly. It has a pointed crest and its flanks are washed in a rusty brown.

Well known for its quickly repeated "peter-peter-peter" call. Prefix "Tit" comes from a Scandinavian word meaning "little." Suffix "mouse" is derived from the Old English word mase, meaning "bird." Simply translated, it is a "small bird." Notorious for pulling hair from sleeping dogs, cats and squirrels to line their nests.

Cindy