{"id":137763,"date":"2024-12-11T02:45:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T08:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=137763"},"modified":"2025-07-07T10:53:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T15:53:28","slug":"tufted-titmouse-at-an-icy-birdbath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/12\/11\/tufted-titmouse-at-an-icy-birdbath\/","title":{"rendered":"Tufted Titmouse At An Icy Birdbath"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just a very simple Tufted Titmouse at an icy birdbath photo this morning. Or is it all that simple? For me, this titmouse image isn’t all that simple, really.<\/p>\n

\"TuftedTufted Titmouse at an icy birdbath in Arkansas \u2013 Canon R7, f8, 1\/100, ISO 800, +0.7 EV, Canon 100-400mm at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Tufted Titmice are birds I hadn’t seen, heard, or photographed for 15 years. During visits to Virginia, I saw them but didn\u2019t have my bird photography gear, so I couldn\u2019t take photos. I simply enjoyed observing and listening<\/span><\/a> to these birds while I was with family in Virginia.<\/p>\n

And now, I see these titmice virtually every day, up close and personal. I\u2019m not about to take them for granted, and I\u2019m enjoying them immensely.<\/p>\n

The story behind this Tufted Titmouse image is that I had already cleared the ice from the birdbath once. But it was so chilly that morning, the birdbath started icing over again while I was photographing this titmouse and other birds. I was freezing cold myself! The ice in the birdbath reminded me of a crystal platter I used to have.<\/p>\n

I toughed out the cold for a bit, then cleared the ice from the birdbath a second time and poured fresh, lukewarm water into it for the birds. By then, I was cold enough to head back inside, make another cup of coffee, and start reviewing the photos I took that chilly morning.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good. It is always better with birds.<\/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":"

Just a very simple Tufted Titmouse at an icy birdbath photo this morning. Or is it all that simple? For me, this titmouse image isn’t all that simple, really.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":137760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13950,13951,13944],"tags":[4004,970,13946,15008,14182,4620,6926,13931,4064,6241,4104,15824,8052,8050,13945,3996,13966],"class_list":["post-137763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arkansas","category-sebastian-county","category-tufted-titmouses","tag-adult","tag-autumn","tag-baeolophus-bicolor","tag-bird-bath","tag-birdbath","tag-fall","tag-frozen","tag-garden","tag-ice","tag-icy","tag-perched","tag-suburban","tag-titmice","tag-titmouse","tag-tufted-titmouse","tag-water","tag-yard"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t