I’m enjoying the first day of 2023 with my green tea, in a mug that was given to me by a treasured friend. A mug with a Tufted Titmouse gracing front and back.

And appropriately I’m making notes on the birds that I’m seeing out my windows, coming by for the seeds that I’ve put out. The Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) is one of the busiest birds out there. At any given moment I probably see 5 of them, taking one seed at a time and vanishing with it before its return. During the year the Tufted Titmouse eats seeds and insects. They’re here at my cabin year round.

A successful species, they are expanding their territory further north, and according to numbers compiled thanks to citizen science reports, are also increasing their population in their traditional territory.

A tiny bird that is not shy when I’m out refilling the feeders. Greeting me with their song of peter-peter-peter.

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