For another random data point, I have seen up to 30 Tufted Titmouse in a
loose flock at Hains Point, DC in the winter. I'm not sure there's even
one pair that nests in the park, but clearly there's some movement in the
winter. On a couple of occasions, I've been at the very tip and the flock
will work its way down to the tip. Then they'll be torn with either
continuing south and heading over the wide expanse of the Potomac or turn
around. 9 times out of 10 they'll turn around and head back up. I've also
seen them start flying out over the river and then then turn around. I can
only remember 1 bird that kept on going. By spring they're gone, but I
don't know if they return to where they came from or just set up a new
territory somewhere else.
Good birding,
Paul Pisano
Arlington, VA
On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Bob Ringler <ringler.bob...> wrote:
> Quoting from Hall's West Virginia Birds:
>
> The Tufted Titmouse is usually considered to be a non-migratory species,
> but there is some evidence that in certain years there may be an autumn
> movement to the south. In the fall of 1969, 32 titmice were banded at
> A.F.M.O. The species does not normally nest at the A.F.M.O. station or
> elsewhere on the higher parts of the Allegheny Front, and since the birds
> behaved much as did normal migrants at that station, it is thought that
> they were performing a southward movement.
>
> A.F.M.O. is the Allegheny Front Migration Observatory which I believe is
> located at Dolly Sods.
>
> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 6:50 PM, Jared Fisher <Jared.Fisher...>wrote:
>
>> Birds of North America has this to say on Tufted Titmouse migration (hope
>> they don't mind this usage):
>>
>> A resident species, like other North American parids; no true (= return)
>> migration reported (Bent 1946<http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/086/articles/species/086/biblio/bib006>
>> , Brawn and Samson 1983<http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/086/articles/species/086/biblio/bib010>
>> , Matthysen 1990<http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/086/articles/species/086/biblio/bib051>).
>> Several dozen titmice released 50 km from their capture site in central
>> Ohio during early winter failed to return (TCG). There are, however, some
>> data suggesting that in certain years some titmice (presumably juveniles)
>> move south in fall (Hall 1983<http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/086/articles/species/086/biblio/bib039>
>> ).
>>
>> I'm curious what exactly Hall 1983 has to say - this is the reference
>> http://www.amazon.com/West-Virginia-Birds-Distribution-Ecology/dp/0935868054
>>
>
>
> Bob Ringler
> Eldersburg MD
>
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