{"id":52166,"date":"2017-10-03T05:17:36","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T11:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=52166"},"modified":"2017-10-03T05:24:06","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T11:24:06","slug":"ruby-crowned-kinglets-dynamos-of-the-bird-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/03\/ruby-crowned-kinglets-dynamos-of-the-bird-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruby-crowned Kinglets – Dynamos Of The Bird World"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ruby-crowned Kinglets are one of our\u00a0tiniest songbirds. And most frenetic.<\/p>\n

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Six days ago while photographing larger songbirds on Antelope Island a few Ruby-crowned Kinglets would occasionally come in almost<\/em> close enough for decent shots as they\u00a0flitted around\u00a0in the greasewood. However, proximity wasn’t the only problem. Kinglets are the most frenetic songbirds (of any species)\u00a0I ever attempt to photograph\u00a0and I found it almost impossible to get\u00a0my lens on them and focus locked in the nanosecond they allowed me\u00a0before they were off again. I\u00a0tried time and again and only\u00a0rarely succeeded.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, 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

I never did get any photos of them that I thought were exemplary but as I’ve said before “degree of difficulty” plays a role in\u00a0my appreciation of my own\u00a0images so I was happy to get these shots\u00a0because of the extraordinary challenges of photographing kinglets.<\/p>\n

One of my goals is to one day capture the spectacular ruby crown of the male but it’s only rarely\u00a0displayed and usually only in the springtime when the bird is agitated about something. I don’t know the sex\u00a0of any of these birds because sexes are identical except for the elusive\u00a0ruby crown.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, 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

Another personal goal is to capture one taking off or in flight but this is as close as I came on that morning. Largely because of their very small size (less than 1\/4 oz or 6.5 grams) their takeoff is much too fast for the photographer to anticipate.<\/p>\n

At least I had enough shutter speed to get those tiny buzz-saw wings reasonably sharp.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Ruby-crowned Kinglets are one of our tiniest songbirds. And most frenetic.<\/p>\n

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