Tufted Titmouse family Metal Print

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This painting of the Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) shows a member of the family, Paridae, which includes tits, titmice and chickadees. Actually the correct plural, I seem to recall reading, is "titmouses", but "titmice" is now accepted. My Spellcheck objects to "titmouses". Where I live, in southern Ontario, the Tufted Titmouse reaches the northern end of its range. Once you cross into the U.S., going south, they become increasing common, being found throughout most of the eastern of the United States, east of the prairies, and are mostly non-migratory. Their range is slowly expanding northward. Pairs may form year-round bounds. They nest in bird houses, or in natural cavities as I have shown, although they have been known to dig their own nest holes into soft, rotten wood. Females incubate the eggs but both parents care for the young. In the south, where breeding seasons are longer, there may be two broods with the young of the first helping tend to the feedi...