{"id":133673,"date":"2024-09-03T02:40:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T07:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=133673"},"modified":"2024-09-02T19:59:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T00:59:17","slug":"tufted-titmouse-video-plus-a-bonus-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/09\/03\/tufted-titmouse-video-plus-a-bonus-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"Tufted Titmouse Video Plus A Bonus Photo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I am sharing a Tufted Titmouse video that I created early yesterday morning, showing the bird working hard to get a sunflower seed out of its shell.<\/p>\n

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It is a short clip, but I enjoyed watching the Tufted Titmouse in action. The titmouse raised and lowered its crest, pounded on the sunflower seed shell, and ducked when another titmouse flew by.<\/p>\n

In the video, I can hear other birds in the background, including the chirping of a hummingbird, a Northern Cardinal, the mournful call of a Mourning Dove, and more.<\/p>\n

The small amount of additional noise was from me moving my hand to try and look at the nearby hummingbird. I need to remember not to do that when I am taking videos!<\/p>\n

\"BathingBathing Tufted Titmouse \u2013 Nikon D500, f8, 1\/800, ISO 1250, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC,\u00a0 natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I thought I’d share a photo I took earlier this spring of a Tufted Titmouse bathing as a bonus. I really like the flying water droplets and the intense look in the titmouse’s eye. She or he seemed to be really serious about their bath.<\/p>\n

I’m thoroughly enjoying seeing, hearing<\/span><\/a>, and photographing this species again. I didn’t realize how very much I had missed this species until last year when I visited Arkansas. Now I get to see them every day! What fun.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Tufted Titmouse photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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