Oak Titmouse, Baeolophus inornatus |
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![]() The Oak Titmouse's native habitat is the dry oak slopes of California, extending north into Oregon and south into Baja California. The species has spread from the native oaks to a variety of trees in parks and suburbs, including my suburban garden on the Stanford campus, where we hear their chickadee-like call all year, and their repeated two-note whistled song in the spring. This bird was formerly conspecific with the very similar Juniper Titmouse of the Great Basin, under the apt name of Plain Titmouse. |
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![]() An Oak Titmouse carrying a centipede to a nest, above, and feeding on sunflower seeds, below. | |
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![]() Above, gathering nesting material by shredding a fan palm frond; these fibers are also the source of the carefully woven hanging nests of the Hooded Oriole. |
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![]() This bird's nest was inside the larger hole at the lower left of the picture. |