Oak Titmouse

Baeolophus inornatus

Formerly called the Plain Titmouse, in 1997, the American Ornithologists’ Union separated the Oak Titmouse and the Juniper Titmouse into two species. The Oak Titmouse is a resident in California and exists in very limited areas north and south of its borders.

Oak Titmice will eat insects and spiders, and they sometimes hawk insects in mid-air. Also on the menu are berries, acorns, and seeds. This species forages on foliage, twigs, branches, trunks, and occasionally on the ground, sometimes hanging upside down, pendulum-style to forage, and opening seeds by hammering them against branches.

Today, science recognises four subspecies of Oak Titmouse.

B. i. inornatus lives from southern Oregon to central California.
B. i. affabilis lives in southwestern California and northern Baja California (Mexico).
B. i. mohavensis lives in southeast California.
B. i. cineraceus lives in Baja California.

I’ve enjoyed the year-round company of the Oak Titmouse at my home in southern California. Their clear ringing songs and the critical scolding calls are familiar sounds in the neighborhood.

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Oak Titmouse - Baeolophus inornatus — **Oak Titmouse**
*(Baeolophus inornatus)*

**Description:**
Poway. San Diego County, California.
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**Date Taken:** 2013:03:29 15:31

**Location:**

Poway Grove Park
Poway, California
United States
538.08 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/800

**File Name:** D3X2998-OakTitmouse

© 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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*(Baeolophus inornatus)*

**Description:**
Poway. San Diego County, California.
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**Date Taken:** 2013:03:29 15:31

**Location:**

Poway Grove Park
Poway, California
United States
538.08 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/800

**File Name:** D3X2998-OakTitmouse

© 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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