Featured Article: Bushtit
Male by Glen Tepke
Identification
One of North America's smallest birds, other than hummingbirds: 4.5 inches (11 cm) in length, nearly half of which is the long, narrow tail. Weight is only 5.3 g
Eyes are dark in the male, but cream to yellowish in the female.
Coastal birds have brown crowns; interior birds are more gray overall with brown cheeks. Birds from southern Texas southward sometimes sport black masks.
Distribution
Southern British Columbia and far western USA through Mexico to Guatemala.
Habitat
Two populations differ in using scrub along the coast, and mainly Oak-Pine woodlands in the mountains. Especially southern populations are limited to mountains.
