Titmouse Tales - Flying Lessons

Recently we have been visited by more and more Tufted Titmouse. I think there must have been lots of babies hatched this Spring.

One evening an over-hanging branch near our house was literally bouncing up and down with them and their conversations with each other were quite loud. It appeared the parents were teaching the babies how to fly to one of the larger feeders in our yard. They would fly in one at a time--sometimes not quite being able to land--and then come back to try again. After they had successfully made the flight from the tree branch, it appeared they were doing the same thing from an old lilac bush in our backyard.

I had bought a couple of feeders for photo opps on our kitchen deck. It was fun to watch these guys first land, and then check out the little fake birds sitting on the outstretched hand holding bird seed.



Do you mind if I join you?

I guess these guys are okay!













I've never seen her before!

She even lets me sit on her head.

And, best of all, she has peanuts!

To make things more intersting,

I placed the new feeders in with some of my flowers.

The Titmouse started flying in and out with ease.

And once again, before taking that first bite,

they needed to check out who they would be eating with.

HOWEVER, there was a lot of noise coming from the deck railing.
It sounded kind of like "Trivit, Trivit, Trivit!"
And, kept getting louder and louder!!!

This little guy apparently had not practiced his "touch and goes"
and for the life of him could not fly down and land like everyone else.

He got madder and MADDER and louder and LOUDER!

"Maybe I'll try it one more time!"

"HERE I COME!"