The sound goes off every morning with a sharp, staccato beep-beep-beep. Our neighbor, Yoka Meyer, thought it was our alarm clock going off. No, it’s a male tufted titmouse greeting the break of day ...

A tufted titmouse perches in a Maine backyard, now a familiar and vocal part of the state’s spring chorus. Credit: Courtesy of Bob Duchesne My spring morning ritual has begun. I get a cup of coffee ...

Thud! Thud! Thud! (pause) Thud! Thud! What in the world is that noise? I keep hearing the thuds over and over again coming from my backyard. Quickly investigating, I discover a small Tufted Titmouse ...

Looks like: The tufted titmouse has a uniform pale gray body, white underbelly, black forehead and orange-buff flanks. The short, pointed crest and a short, stout bill help identify titmice even in ...

You might not notice much difference between the tufted titmouse of East Texas and the black-crested titmouse of the Hill Country. Both are small, plain-gray birds only slightly larger than a ...