Tufted Titmouse

Item DSC7423- A little gray bird with an echoing voice, the Tufted Titmouse is common in eastern deciduous forests and a frequent visitor to feeders. The large black eyes, small, round bill, and brushy crest gives these birds a quiet but eager expression that matches the way they flit through canopies, hang from twig-ends, and drop in to bird feeders. When a titmouse finds a large seed, you’ll see it carry the prize to a perch and crack it with sharp whacks of its stout bill. I feed them sunflower seeds at my feeder. Nikon D800 camera with Nikon 600mm lens. ISO 900, f5, @1/1000 second. I used a tripod to capture this image. This image was captured at my residence in western Rowan County.