Bridled Titmouse
Bridled Titmouse: Small titmouse, gray upperparts, black-bordered gray crest, white face, black bib, eyestripe, ear patch border, pale gray underparts. Gray wings, tail. Weak flight with shallow wing beats. Flies short distances with several quick wing beats, then pulls wings to sides.
● Song:
"chee-wee", "chick-a-dee-dee"
● Foraging & Feeding:
Bridled Titmouse: Eats insects, pine seeds, acorns, and other seeds. Gleans insects from leaves and twigs, often hanging upside down; holds food under feet for pecking. Often forages in mixed species flocks.
● Breeding & nesting:
Bridled Titmouse: Five to seven white eggs are laid in a nest made of moss, lined with animal fur, feathers, and shredded bark, and built from 4 to 8 feet above the ground in a conifer, deciduous tree, nest box, or snag. Female incubates eggs for about 14 days.
● Similar species:
Bridled Titmouse: Mountain Chickadee is crestless and has white eyestripe that does not connect with bib. Juniper Titmouse is gray overall, slightly darker on wings, tail and upperparts, and lacks facial markings.
Flight Pattern
Weak fluttering direct flight with shallow wing beats. Short-distance flights with several quick wing beats, then wings pulled to sides, repeated.