PARID^E : Titmice 



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Southwestern California 

 Res. In trees and tall 

 shrubbery of any sort, es- 

 pecially oaks, up to 5000 feet. 

 Frequent in city shade trees, 

 except in nesting-season. 



Arizona Res. Abundant. Upper Sonoran and Transition Zones 

 of mountains. Not recorded from southwestern desert region. Ranges 

 over the Rockies and mountains of the Great Basin to northern Mexico. 



Res. Common. Low 

 deserts of southeastern Cali- 

 fornia and southwestern Ari- 

 zona. Confined generally to the 

 mesquite, catclaw, and smoke- 

 tree association. Nest usually 

 in a mesquite. 



