Golden-crowned Sparrow
I often glance out my kitchen window to see what birds or wildlife are around me. I was lucky to spot this beautiful golden-crowned sparrow … Read More “Golden-crowned Sparrow”
I often glance out my kitchen window to see what birds or wildlife are around me. I was lucky to spot this beautiful golden-crowned sparrow … Read More “Golden-crowned Sparrow”
Female Northern Cardinal sally-gleaning an inch worm. Sally-gleaning is a feeding technique that is between gleaning and hawking. A bird flies (‘sallies forth’) from a … Read More “Northern Cardinal”
Location: Point Reyes National Seashore, CA The golden crown evident in mature birds, makes easy to identify this sparrow. This is a non-breeding adult, so … Read More “Golden-crowned Sparrow”
A Ruby-crowned Kinglet in Fish Creek Park, Calgary (AB), Canada. Photographed on 21 April 2022 with a Nikon D7200 and a Sigma 100-400mm lens.
Does it get any cuter than a Golden-crowned Kinglet? While out birding a small local patch recently, I encountered this darling little kinglet foraging down … Read More “Golden-crowned Kinglet”
A very agitated teritorial Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Taken in Cape May, NJ
Photographed in February, this Golden-crowned Sparrow was enjoying an apple that was left behind by one of our local squirrels in the San Francisco Bay … Read More “Golden-crowned Sparrow”
A Ruby-crowned Kinglet spotted in Acadia National Park, Maine, October 2020.
During spring migration earlier this year, I encountered a few Ruby-crowned Kinglets in the trees next to a local reservoir in my area. I watched … Read More “Ruby-crowned Kinglet”