This bird couple look ready to build a nest. My Seek app couldn’t identify the birds but I’m wondering if it might be a Blue Gray Gnatcatcher. The Merlin app that identifies birds by sound listed one of these as nearby… so maybe that is what it is.
Wow! Great timing to capture these two together and especially with the one with its mouth full of nesting material! (I use the Merlin app too, but I haven't tried the sound feature- I must do that) Fav
The eyes, beak and tail looks like a Tufted Titmouse to me- but his tuft is not really showing up. They're pretty busy though with all that building material.
A lovely moment!
Not a gnatcatcher though - that’s not an insect-eating beak, it’s a nut-cracking one. I’m with @olivetreeann - Tufted Titmouse would be my guess too.
@olivetreeann@ljmanning somehow it just doesn’t look quite like a tufted titmouse… I was thinking that at first but the black that goes around the beak doesn’t seem quite right for a titmouse. I can see that the beak is shorter and stubby so the gnatchather’s beak is longer and slimmer. Still just not sure… thanks for your opinions… you may be right. I wish my picture quality was better… oh well.
Not a gnatcatcher though - that’s not an insect-eating beak, it’s a nut-cracking one. I’m with @olivetreeann - Tufted Titmouse would be my guess too.