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Tufted Titmouse Click on picture to hear bird sounds.	Bird Name: Tufted Titmouse
	Field Marks: This bird, with a pointed crest, is smaller than a sparrow. Its forehead is black and the crest is tufted and gray. Its body is gray above and white below with some rust coloring along its sides. It has beady black eyes.
	Feeder Food: Suet, sunflower seeds
	Natural Food: Insects, insect eggs and larvae, spiders, berries, nuts, seeds
	Behavior: This bird is equally at home in the woods or in towns. You may see this bird at your feeder with chickadees and nuthatches. They stay together in winter for protection and to help each other find food. The Tufted Titmouse is a smart, inquisitive bird. It is so friendly that it may eat from your hand. It often comes when it hears people talking. Song: peter, peter, peter

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Sources:

Alden, Peter and Brian Cassie, National Audubon Society Field Guide To New England, New York: Alfred A.Knopf, 1998.

Dawe, Neil and Karen, The Bird Book, New York: Workman Publishing, 1988.

Elliott, Lang, Know Your Bird Sounds (cassette), Minocqua, WI: NorthWord Press, Inc., 1994.

Forbush, Edward Howe, Birds of Massachusetts, Norwood, Massachusetts: Norwood Press, 1929.

Reed, Chester R., Bird Guide: Land Birds East of the Rockies, Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951.

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