Wild Bird Species Profiles
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
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Blue Jay
The Blue Jay is a bird with a rather mixed reputation. They can be noisy and boisterous. They sometimes bully their way around the birdfeeder. They have poor table manners when eating mixes with a variety of differently sized seeds. Blue Jays will shovel small seeds out of the way with their bills, as they hunt for the sunflower seeds, corn, and nutmeats they prefer.
Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
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Black-capped Chickadee
With its black bill, cap, and bib contrasting with bright white cheeks and gray back, wings, and tail, the Black-capped Chickadee is a welcome sight at any feeder. This animated and vocal sprite spends much of its life in arboreal habitat (trees and shrubs). It forages and nests in deciduous and mixed deciduous/coniferous woodlands, parks, and suburban yards.
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Tufted Titmouse
Baeolophus bicolor
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Tufted Titmouse
The species is called “tufted” because it has a gray crest on the head. It is called a “tit” because it reminded early observers of the tits of Europe. “Mouse” in the name refers to their large, black eyes which resemble those of deer mice. Put it all together and you have a common feeder visitor, the Tufted Titmouse.
