oak titmouse

An oak titmouse pauses briefly to look at me before continuing to work its way quickly through the tree, flitting from branch to branch, and eventually flying off.

While I enjoy photographing, literally any bird that sits in front of my lens, there are certain families that particularly intrigue me. The Titmouse family is one of those. Usually very animated, very small so it is necessary to get very close to them, cooperative coming to feeders, and often...

I think this little guy was telling me "no more pictures".

The sunflowers are a favorite of the birds at this time of year. The titmice are grabbing the seeds from the dried blooms and the goldfinches and house finches are eating the leaves on the plants.

This little one is checking to see if the sunflower seeds are ready to be picked.

One our favorite little birds that inhabits the oak woodlands in the Central Valley of California.

The sunflower seeds are almost gone now but it sure was fun watching these little ones pulling the seeds out of the dried blooms.

This is one of the reasons I plant sunflowers in my garden. Toward the end of summer it's fun to watch all the birds enjoy the dried seeds from all of the dried blooms.

And here one of my favourite cuties from back in Mom's garden in Sonoma. Didn't see it there, of course. That garden is no longer ours to visit. But did see one in Spring Lake Park when we went there to visit the memorial picnic table with Mom and Dad's plaques on it. The Oak titmouse was...

First of the youngsters to come up to the peanut feeder. They're so cute as they sit and watch the other birds as they pick out a peanuts.

I caught him by surprise this morning.Can you tell by that look? i love these birds, such personality.

These little guys don't eat the toyon berries but they sure love the sunflower seeds and chopped peanuts.

Wishing all of you a happy and safe 4th!

I don't know what this display was for but I'm guessing this little one was showing off for a mate or just enjoying the warm sun.

I tend to ignore these little ones because I see them every day but they do make cute pictures.

This little one has a bit of leucistic coloring on each of his wings that forms a "v". He sure is easier to spot but he seems to be the hardest to catch for an image since he refuses to stand still.

This youngster would run up close to the fountain, try to catch the water drops, run back to the side of the birdbath, then return to catch more drops. I'm assuming it was a youngster because the juvenile scrub jays do the same thing.