The sound goes off every morning with a sharp, staccato beep-beep-beep. Our neighbor, Yoka Meyer, thought it was our alarm clock going off. No, it’s a male tufted titmouse greeting the break of day ...

After five years of looking, I have finally been able to figure out which bird has been making the constant “dee-da, dee-da, dee-da” call in my yard. It’s the tufted titmouse. The book claims their ...