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Jul 4th, 2007 at 07:04 PM
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Purl One
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These guys were chattering up a storm the past few days, along with about 5 more!
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California Queen
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California Queen
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I had to look it up in my dictionary. Yep titmice is the plural. And a nice pic too.
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Frogger
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Lynne: very nice pictures--I love birds----
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TweetyBird
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My titmice have been quite vocal the past couple of days too. Cute picture!
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Jul 12th, 2007 at 06:14 PM
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The Bird Man
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The Bird Man
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Actually I researched it a few years ago. Titmouse comes from the Old English "tit", which means "little", and the proto-Germanic "mause" which means "bird", so it would seem that the plural would be Titmouses......unless you go with the German plural. Then it would be "Titmousen". But it seems that either titmice OR titmouses is the correct plural form, so either one is acceptable.
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