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Yes, the plural of Titmouse IS Titmouses. The word Titmouse is a corruption of an early Saxon phrase that meant, "Little Bird" so adding an "S" to Titmouse is the correct way of pluralizing the word. Here is a picture of a pair I took at my feeder this morning that I ASSUME are a mated pair because one of them was singing its mating song of, "Peter, Peter, Peter!"

TUFTED TITMOUSES

Even Carolina Chickadees join in, in the eternal dance of Nature's Mating Cycle.

CAROLINA CHICKADEES

And some of the more liberal Avian species like to mix it up cross-species style.

TUFTED TITMOUSE AND CAROLINA CHICKADEE

The Tufted Titmice are SOOO pretty.
I haven't been able to get them to stay still long enough for me to take a picture...

I covet your birds Thornius...<<smile>>

Titmouses I mean...<smile>

I looke it up, and found several sources for the name, "Titmouse". The earliest reference is from the ancient Greek word, "TITIS", which means, "a small, chirping bird". Then in 14th Century Europe, the word Tit mouse first appeared, derived from the old English word, "Tit", meaning, "Small", and the Proto-Germanic, "Mase", which means, "Bird". Together, these two words make up our modern word of Titmouse. The plural therefore is Titmouses.