Bushtit Characteristics

Psaltriparus minimus Appearance: Brown body; grey wings

Size: Approximately 4” long
Call: Soft chips and twitters
Bushtits are small, round birds with large
Location: Found in trees all around campus
heads, long tails and short bills. They
Season: Year-round
are common all throughout the West
Coast of America. Bushtits travel in
flocks of 10-40 but tend to stay with one o Native
mate for at least several years. They are
foragers and can often be found hanging
upside down from branches to snatch
small insects and spiders.

Sources
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Picture: Katie Furlong ’18 and Megan
Leich