Bird Tales

Reader photos of feathered friends look even better with a fall backdrop.

An adorable tufted titmouse

enjoyed some corn at a feeding station in Dorothy Carnes

County Park near Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. I don’t have titmice at my own feeders very often, so I was thrilled to spend some time with this little cutie. Barbara Houlihan MADISON, WISCONSIN

I photographed

this pair of wood ducks

on a small pond near our home. I’ve provided two wood duck nest boxes that have been used for the past 11 years. I took the photo with my

Canon EOS 70D. Edward Price ROCKLIN, CALIFORNIA

BRILLIANT IN BLUE Wood ducks, both male and female, have blue and white wing plumage.