I remember the first time that I came to California, I was staring at a palm tree watching tiny birds dart in between the leaves. I bet you anything that I was looking at bushtits.

Bushtits are everywhere and they’re so tiny.  Bushtits are 4 1/2 inches long.  But look at that tail!  There’s probably only two inches of an actual bird.

They move so quickly, it’s hard to get a good shot without blurred feathers.  Although, hey, I like blurred feathers!

Bushtits eat insects and seeds.

It’s hard to tell in many of these pictures, but the coastal bushtits have brown caps.

This is the most adorable bird expression ever.

The female bushtits have yellow eyes.

They travel in roving packs.  Can you imagine roving packs of bushtits?

There are bushtits.

And there are vireos!

This is a Warbling Vireo. You can tell the difference between a Warbling Vireo and other types by the faint line that goes from the right of his eye to the back of his head.

They can be hard to capture because they move around so much. According to my guidebook, their song is “iggly wiggly iggly piggly iggly eek!”

I was lucky to get these three shots.