Bushtits

Bushtits are the merely North American members of the long-tailed tit family, Aegithalidae.

They are very tiny, social birds that live and provide for in flocks in many West Coast habitats. Their diet consists of insects, spiders and seeds.

Their bodies are a combination of gray and brown color. Naturally their tail measures about half the size of their body.

Male adult bushtits contain black eyes and female adult bushtits contain a white ring around the iris. Since fledglings take time to expand eye characteristics, the gender of the bird in the picture is hard to determine.

Nests are usually woven from twigs, grass, spider webs and lined with feathers and other native materials, and they are hung from branch’s above the ground.