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<\/p>\nI rarely get such an intimate look at a kinglet.<\/p>\n
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1\/6400, 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 This is an older photo taken at the base of west desert mountains almost exactly three years ago on October 7, 2017. On that morning I saw more kinglets in one place than I’ve ever seen before or since. They were migrating and they seemed to be almost everywhere I looked but that doesn’t mean they were easy to photograph. After all they were kinglets so they never seemed to stay in the same place or hold still for more than a microsecond.<\/p>\n Somehow I managed to get this one in my viewfinder before ‘she’ took off. I like the fall colors of both perch and background and she gave me a perfect head turn considering the angle of light and her pose. I rarely get such an intimate look at this species.<\/p>\n Ruby-crowned Kinglets are one of our smallest songbirds. For the sake of comparison House Sparrows weigh five times as much as kinglets (5.5 grams versus 28 grams). But the tiny female kinglet lays as many as 12 eggs – the largest clutch of any North American passerine for its size.<\/p>\n I find that hard to imagine but then kinglets are pretty amazing little birds in a lot of ways.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I rarely get such an intimate look at a kinglet.<\/p>\n