Summary ³

L 4” Wt. 0.2oz
Description: Bushtits are small round birds with a large brownish gray head. They have long tails and a small short bill. Bushtits are a pale shade of brown and gray. They are darker above then they are below.

Habitat: Mixed oak and evergreen forests, scrublands, streams and suburbs.

Fun Fact: Bushtits hang upside down to pull insects out of the trees. They build nests out of spider webs.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) islandstewards, all rights reserved
2. (c) matt knoth, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/18158503@N00/2196341730
3. Adapted by islandstewards from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psaltriparus_minimus

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