Example Sentences

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Soon, my feeder feed was filling with black-capped chickadees, dark-eyed juncos and tufted titmice from 2,000 miles away.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2023

A male and a female goldfinch, white-breasted nuthatches, slate-colored juncos, chickadees and tufted titmice were just some we could name.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2023

Tufted titmice and other Parids “nest in early spring when the weather is still pretty cold, so being able to keep the nest warm is definitely important,” Dr. Baldassarre said.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2021

Populations of American crows, tufted titmice, gray catbirds and brown thrashers dropped below normal during the cicada emergence year—and then increased the following year, after which they stabilized.

From Scientific American • Apr. 9, 2021

In a fir tree here Esau came upon a family of cole titmice, and another of creepers, all very busy swinging themselves about, and creeping up and down the tree in search of dinner.

From Three in Norway by Two of Them by Clutterbuck, Walter J.