titmouse
Americannoun
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titmice
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of titmouse
1275–1325; Middle English tit ( e ) mose ( see tit 1); mose, Old English māse titmouse; cognate with German Meise titmouse, Old Norse meis- in meisingr kind of bird; modern mouse by folk etymology
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They concluded that in agricultural areas, species of greater conservation concern, like the oak titmouse, would see worse outcomes than species of lower concern, like the house sparrow.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
“I am happy when I watch a tufted titmouse, nuthatch or any other bird fly to one of my feeders and chow down on a big fat nut or seed,” wrote Donna McDowell of Gaithersburg.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2023
In front of the lodge, more than a dozen feeders were filled with bridled titmouse, cartoonish acorn woodpeckers, thick-billed, black-headed grosbeaks and gregarious pine siskins.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2021
"I discovered there's an oak titmouse nesting on my back patio," she says.
From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2020
Between breaths, she said, “I hope you’re not letting what Enoch said bother you. The rest of us believe in you, Jacob. Enoch can be a wrinkle-hearted old titmouse, especially when he’s feeling jealous.”
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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
The remaining seven percent of videos featured Parids, the family of birds that includes tits, chickadees and titmice, sneaking up and stealing hair from raccoons, cats, dogs and in one video, a North American porcupine.
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
A cloud of blue titmice was twittering in a leafless alder, glancing from twig to twig.
From The Heath Hover Mystery by Bertram Mitford
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