Tufted Titmouse

Description: 6" sparrow-sized, gray above and whitish below, with rust-colored sides and conspicuous gray crest, the "Black-crested Titmouse," a race found in southwestern Okla and Texas is similar but has black crest	Habitat: Deciduous woodlands, suburbs, villages, parks, mesquite. Common, conspicuous and tame. Will come to feeders. Usually seen in small mixed flocks with chickadees and other species following the breeding season.
Nesting: 5-6 brown-dotted white eggs in a tree or nest box, stuffed with leaves and moss	Range: resident from eastern Nebraska, southern Michigan, and Maine south to Texas, Gulf Coast and central Florida
Voice: A whistled series of 4 to 8 notes sounding like peter-peter, repeated over and over again	Diet: seeds and fruit including spiders and their eggs, a few snails. Acorns may form most of diet from November to February.