{"id":100858,"date":"2021-07-31T05:58:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-31T11:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=100858"},"modified":"2021-07-31T06:33:32","modified_gmt":"2021-07-31T12:33:32","slug":"ruby-crowned-kinglet-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/31\/ruby-crowned-kinglet-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruby-crowned Kinglet"},"content":{"rendered":"

A female, I think.<\/p>\n

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1\/2500, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

An older photo of a Ruby-crowned Kinglet taken in October several years ago in Box Elder County. For me almost any sharp photo of a kinglet is an accomplishment because of their extremely flitty nature and very small size. Weighing only 6.5 grams they’re a third smaller than Yellow Warblers (9.5 grams) and not much heavier than a nickel.(5.0 grams).Tiny little things.<\/p>\n

For most of her short time on this perch she was looking to her right but for a second or two she seemed transfixed by the blob on top of the leaf to her left and directly in front of her face. The blob turned out to be…<\/p>\n

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bird poop that must have been evacuated while its original owner was in flight since there were no leaves or twigs directly above this perch. To me her facial expression seems to be saying “How did that<\/em> get there?.”<\/p>\n

In case you’re wondering why I chose to refer to ‘her’ as female, it wasn’t much more than a semi-educated guess.<\/p>\n

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Males and females of this species are identical except for the scarlet (ruby) crown patch of the males. But unless they’re excited about something the males usually keep their crown patch concealed so the kinglet in the first photo could have been either male or female.<\/p>\n

But this photo was taken within a few minutes of the first photo and several other males that morning besides this one were also excitedly revealing their crown patches and the bird in the first photo never did, at least that I noticed.<\/p>\n

So I just went with the odds and referred to ‘her’ as a female. I really don’t like calling birds “it” and I’m not comfortable using gender neutral pronouns with them either.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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A female, I think.<\/p>\n

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