Breeding Location:
Forest edge
Breeding Type:
Monogamous, Solitary nester
Breeding Population:
Stable
Egg Color:
White, sometimes with red brown spots
Number of Eggs:
6 - 8
Incubation Days:
14 - 16
Egg Incubator:
Female
Nest Material:
Grass and moss lined with bark, feathers, and hair.
Migration:
Nonmigratory
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Overview
Oak Titmouse: Medium-sized titmouse with pale, brown-tinged gray upperparts and paler face and underparts. The bill is small and black, and legs and feet are gray. Weak, fluttering flight. A recently formed species, and along with the Juniper Titmouse, was known as the Plain Titmouse until 1996.
Range and Habitat
Oak Titmouse: Resident from southern Oregon south to Baja California. Preferred habitats include live oaks and deciduous growth, including oak woodlands, streamside cottonwoods, forest edges, and oak-juniper woodlands.
Breeding and Nesting
Oak Titmouse: Six to eight white eggs, sometimes with red brown spots, are laid in a tree cavity, fence-post hole, or crevice in an old building, stuffed with grass, fur, and some feathers. Incubation ranges from 14 to 16 days and is carried out by the female.
Foraging and Feeding
Oak Titmouse: Eats a variety of seeds, including acorns, and insects, which it gleans from trunks, branches, and foliage. May cling beneath branches or cones to pick off food; holds large seeds between its feet and pounds them open with jackhammer-like raps with its bill.
Readily Eats
Suet, Sunflower Seed
Vocalization
Oak Titmouse: Emits a harsh, fussy "see-dee-dee" or "chick-a-dee-dee."
Similar Species
Oak Titmouse: Juniper Titmouse is slightly larger, paler gray overall, and has a different voice.
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