Bushtit: is a Tiny, Acrobatic Bird
This bird travels in flocks of up to 60 birds until breeding season when they break off into pairs.
Bushtit: Resident from extreme southwestern British Columbia and southward.
They build gourd-shaped nests, constructed from lichens and spider silk
Both the male and female will incubate the eggs, sometimes even at the same time. Useful, Easy to Read, Great Gift, Makes a Difference
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All family members sleep together in the complex nest during breeding, but they leave it after the young fledge, and sleep on branches.
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Psaltriparus minimus
The Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus) is a long-tailed tit found in North America. It is the only species in the family found in the New World, and the only member of the genus Psaltriparus.
The Bushtit inhabits mixed open woodlands, often containing oaks and a scrubby understory. It is a year-round resident of the western United States and highland parts of Mexico, ranging from Vancouver through the Great Basin and the lowlands and foothills of California to southern Mexico and Guatemala.
Category: Image - :Psaltriparus minimus 03647.JPG|left|thumb|The elaborate pendant nest of moss and lichen assembled with spider silk and lined with feathers hangs from a branch.
The Bushtit is one of the smallest passerines in North America, at 11 cm in length and 5.3 g in weight. It is gray-brown overall, with a large head, a short neck, a long tail, and a short stubby bill. The male has dark eyes and the adult female, yellow.
The Bushtit is active and gregarious, foraging for small insects and spiders in mixed-species feeding flocks containing species such as chickadees and warblers, of 10 to over 40 individuals. Members of the group constantly make contact calls to each other that can be described as a short tsit.
As the "plain" Bushtit form lacks major identifying markings, it is often identified by their shape, calls, and behaviors.
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