Northern Cardinal
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”
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”
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
Taken in Cape May, NJ
October 24, 2020. Blue Ridge Mountains, NC. Nikon D500
A Ruby-crowned Kinglet spotted in Acadia National Park, Maine, October 2020.
You can just see a sliver of the red crown feather at the top of his head!
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”