This afternoon, while doing a bit of birding at Magee Marsh State Park along Lake Erie with some fellow OOS members, I captured a few frames of a het-up male ruby-crowned kinglet. He was singing and displaying to a nearby female.
Check out the image captions for a description of what was happening with this bird.
This was my best look EVER at a male ruby-crowned kinglet's crown. I got a few other frames which I share here in the future.
Lots of new arrivals here in northern Ohio, today, including Louisiana waterthrush, barn swallow, rough-winged swallow, and pine warbler.
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9 comments:
Great shots!! Love the third one :)
Hey, I like your new banner with the red-headed girl on it.
Good captures of the ruby crowned..they never stay still for me ;-) cheers.
Clare of The House & other Arctic Musings just wrote about your new book Young Birders Guide ... . It looks great. Congratulations to you and Julie. I'll be buying it for my WV grandson. Any chance of a western version for my Tucson grandsons?
Lovely shot of the leaping Kinglet!
Um, did you say Barn Swallows?
I saw the ruby crown on a kinglet once and got a photo in the deep dark woods. I was thrilled. You are a bird magnet.
I like that redhead too!
Do you know how many times I read the title of this post before I got the "We, Three Kings" reference? I'm slipping!
Nice kinglet photos - how'd you ever catch them with your camera? I can barely get a kinglet in focus with my binoculars.
~Kathi
bill- need to talk to you asap about a photo usage question. please email me asap w/ contact info, phone if possible, at berkeleydotstewartatgmaildotcom . thanks, berkeley, whittier, ca
The shot of the leaping kinglet is great. How many shots do you need to take to get one leap?
Ruby crowned kinglets are one of my favorite birds. I got a chance last fall to see them up close while I was helping to band birds at Presque isle State Park in Erie, PA
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