Tufted titmouse Dec 14, 2025

Before you spot it, you"ll likely hear it—a series of clear, whistling notes, often described as "peter-peter-peter," announcing the presence of the tufted titmouse, featured in today"s image. This small, grey songbird, measuring about 15 centimetres in length, is a lively inhabitant of the eastern North America. Unlike other small songbirds, it has a tufted grey crest that crowns its head, giving it a distinctive and expressive look. Despite its small size, the tufted titmouse is surprisingly strong, able to crack open even large seeds with its beak—showcasing its skill and resourcefulness in the daily pursuit of food. It forages both in the trees and on the ground, searching for a varied diet of insects, nuts, seeds, berries and other invertebrates.

© Tim Laman/NPL/Minden Pictures

palette

Today in History

Dec 14, 2023Boreal owl
Dec 14, 2024Northern hawk-owl, Canada

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Sep 25, 2023Sea otter, Glacier Bay, Alaska
Sep 19, 2023Hadrians Wall, England
Sep 20, 2024Ocracoke Lighthouse on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, USA
Oct 5, 2024Tsavo East National Park, Kenya
Apr 7, 2025North American beaver, Moran, Wyoming, United States
Nov 8, 2023West Indian manatee mother and baby
May 17, 2024African elephants, Tanzania
Mar 14, 2026Lanyon Quoit, a Neolithic dolmen in Cornwall, England
Aug 22, 2025Rolling hills of the Palouse, Washington, United States
May 19, 2026Formentor Lighthouse, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
Aug 10, 2025Lioness in Kenya
Feb 27, 2026Polar bear cub, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, United States
Jan 18, 2025Dunes at White Sands National Park, New Mexico
Aug 18, 2025Avalanche Lake Trail at Adirondack High Peaks, New York, United States
Dec 27, 2023Kirkjufell, Iceland
Sep 3, 2024Crystal Lake in the Enchantments, Washington, United States
Sep 2, 2025Camel thorn trees, Namib-Naukluft Park, Namibia
Jul 11, 2025Tokyo at sunrise, Japan
Jan 31, 2024Burchells zebras
Feb 14, 2025Magellanic penguins
Jun 15, 2025Lesser rheas, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile
Sep 22, 2023Marsala salt pans, Italy
Aug 26, 2024Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
Jun 4, 2025Moritzburg Castle, Saxony, Germany
Mar 11, 2025Broken Beach in Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia
Feb 9, 2026Amur leopard cat, Russia
Oct 22, 2023Astoria-Megler Bridge, Oregon, USA
May 5, 2025Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada
Oct 18, 2024Central Park, New York, United States
Dec 6, 2023Dardagna waterfalls, Bologna, Italy