What is it Wednesday: February 9, 2022

 

Can you identify what's in this photo?

 

 

Each Wednesday morning 

on Camp Lutherlyn's Facebook page

 the Lutherlyn Environmental Education Program posts a photo. 

 

 

Readers have all morning and afternoon 

to make their best guess about what the photo is. 

 

Around 6 pm LEEP provides the answer and a brief explanation.

 

 

Each week's What is it Wednesday post 

will also be posted on the Nature of Lutherlyn blog, 

 after it is posted on Facebook,

sometimes with additional bonus information. 

 

In addition to bringing you current editions of What is it Wednesday 

on the Nature of Lutherlyn blog, 

we will be reposting old editions,

creating a What is it Wednesday archive. 

 

This photo was posted as a What is it Wednesday on

February 9, 2022. 

 

 

 

And the answer is....

 

The bird flying close the camera is a tufted titmouse,

and on the feeder are another tufted titmouse on the left

and a white-breasted nuthatch on the right. 

These birds are both very common at birdfeeders, including this feeder behind the LEEP office.
The acrobatic tufted titmouse can hang upside down from branches or even hover briefly. 

In warmer weather they eat mostly insects, but throughout the winter they eat seeds, nuts, berries, and small fruit. At a feeder, they will often take one sunflower seed at a time, move to a nearby spot with more cover, crack open the seed with their bill, then either eat it or store it in a safe spot where they can return to it later.

Tufted titmice nest in cavities - either naturally occurring holes in trees, holes created by woodpeckers, or nesting boxes. The innermost layer of their nests are lined with hair, which they often pluck directly from living animals, including pets and humans!

We are fortunate to have habitat for a large variety of different types birds in all seasons at Lutherlyn!  Check out www.Lutherlyn.com for more on how you can visit Lutherlyn in any season and keep an eye out for our many different kinds of avian friends! 

Like and follow Camp Lutherlyn on Facebook, to see What is it Wednesday posts when they come out and have the opportunity to share your guesses in the comments!