Sentences with phrase «tufted titmouse»

The annual Kids Count Factbook on child well - being in Rhode Island, now in its 23rd year, is a local rite of spring — but it's nothing like the first tulips or tufted titmouse.

Preferred habitat: along streams, edges of woods + + + + Foliage / winter appearance: deciduous + + + + Soil conditions: loam, clay + + + + Light conditions: dappled shade to partial sun + + + + Plant spacing: 5 to 6 feet + + + + Wildlife value: the fruit is a favorite of many birds; in summer its thick foliage provides good escape and shelter cover, as well as nesting sites, hark often used in nest building; fruit attracts the following birds: Mourning Dove; Red - bellied and Red - headed Woodpeckers, Eastern Kingbird; Blue Jay, Great Crested Flycatcher, Tufted Titmouse, Mockingbird, Gray Catbird, Brown Thrasher, American Robin, Wood, Hermit, Gray - cheeked, and Swanson's Thrushes, Eastern Bluebird, Red - eyed Virea, Yellow - breasted Chat, House and Fox Sparrows, Orchard and Northern Orioles, Scarlet and Summer Tanagers, Cardinal, Purple Finch, American Goldfinch, Rufous - sided Towhee

Preferred habitat: wetlands, low woods + + + + Foliage / winter appearance: deciduous, red leaves in fall + + + + Soil conditions: loam, clay, tolerates poor drainage + + + + Light conditions: partial shade to full sun + + + + Plant spacing: 30 feet + + + + Wildlife value: Flowers are a source of bee food; foliage browsed by White - Tailed Deer; fruit attracts the following birds: Eastern Bluebird, Gray Catbird, Eastern Kingbird, Mockingbird, American Robin, Brown Thrasher, Summer Tanager, Cedar Waxwing, Red - bellied and Red - headed Woodpecker, Gray Cheeked Thrush, Blue Jay, Tufted Titmouse, Rose - breasted Grosbeak, Purple Finch, Wood Duck, wild turkey, flicker

Preferred habitat: moist forests + + + + Foliage / winter appearance: deciduous + + + + Soil conditions: loam, clay, tolerates poor drainage + + + + Light conditions: partial shade to full sun + + + + Plant spacing: 50 to 60 feet + + + + Wildlife value: Acorns are eaten by wild turkey, Bobwhite, quail, dove jay, Gray and Fox Squirrels; they are also eaten by the following birds: Evening Grosbeaks, Brown Thrasher, Mourning Dove, Red - bellied and Red - headed Woodpeckers, Blue Jay, Tufted Titmouse, White - breasted Nuthatch, Rose - breasted Grosbeak, and Rufous - sided Towhee

Preferred habitat: ditches, prairies, swales, depressions + + + + Foliage / winter appearance: dormant in winter + + + + Soil conditions: loam, clay, well drained + + + + Light conditions: partial shade to full sun + + + + Plant spacing: 3 to 4 feet apart + + + + Wildlife value: Seed enjoyed by deer and many species of birds; a nectar and larval food plant for butterflies; attracts these birds: Cardinal, Carolina Chickadee, American Goldfinch, House Finch, Purple Finch, Evening Grosbeak, Blue Jay, Nut Hatches, White - Throated Sparrow, Tufted Titmouse, Rufous - sided Towhee, House Sparrow, Dark - eyed Junco, Mourning Dove, Pine Siskin, Red - winged Black Bird, Scrub Jay, and Red - Bellied and Red - headed Woodpeckers; Silvery Checkerspots and Bordered Patch Butterfly larvae eat leaves.

This causes important information networks to form around tufted titmouse communication.

The Swaainson's thrush (Catharus ustulatus), purple finch (Carpodacus purpureus), tufted titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor), and wrentit (Chamaea fasciata) were similarly affected.

Normally, northern cardinals listen to tufted titmouse predator alarm calls and will typically respond by fleeing or freezing until the danger passes.

A Tufted Titmouse visits a feeding platform as part of an experiment on how traffic noise affects birds» responses to alarm calls.

Though the northern cardinal and tufted titmouse are common yearlong residents of Massachusetts, it wasn't that long ago — the 1950s to be specific — when the sighting of either species was an unusual event.

In 1964, the Allen Bird Club began asking people in western Massachusetts to report sightings of both northern cardinal and tufted titmouse.

1) Tufted titmouse by Mia Kheyfetz (Mass Audubon); 2) Black - capped chickadee by Joy Marzolf; 3) Tufted titmouse by Ken Thomas (Mass Audubon); 4) Cardinal by Richard Johnson; 5) Blue jay by Ken Thomas (Mass Audubon); 6) Robin by Joy Marzolf.

Not exact matches

Megan Gall and Jacob Damsky of New York's Vassar College tested how traffic noise affected the reactions of Black - capped Chickadees and Tufted Titmice to titmouse alarm calls, which warn birds that a predator is nearby.