Kinglets are a PITA

Here are a few shots of me trying to get a photo of a ruby crowned kinglet.

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The day started out great with lots of blooming tree colors and some birds posing nicely in the blooms.

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The white clouds added nice contrast with the blue and the color of the flowers.

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The red-winged blackbirds are nice posers and have no fear of humans at all. Then in the background I heard the kinglet call.

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I thought I lined up a jackpot photo of a kinglet in the foreground and the cardinal in the background. Unfortunately the branch had other plans.

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Kinglets are quite tame too but they are awfully bouncy and by the time I lined up the shot it was behind this other branch.

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I thought, finally I have a clear shot of the kinglet but then is side stepped behind the branch.

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Finally a clear shot but in my viewfinder I saw its little ruby crown. But by the time the camera registered the photo it had turned its head upward.

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As per usual the normal butt shot of a bouncy bird just a few feet away from you up in the tree.

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Human, you will never get a shot of my ruby crown and you'll be lucky to get a good composition out of the photo if you do cheeped the little kinglet.

I'll just have to be content with shot of tame robins and red-wings for good photos.

That's all for now, thanks for looking :-)



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I’m told we have little yellow kinglets here, but I’ve never seen one. So at least you saw one…

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The golden crowned kinglets fly through here spring and fall. They are so tiny its hard to spot them especially once the leaves have filled in. I usually listen for their call to try and locate them.

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Those are the ones I was told about. Maybe some day…

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The merlin bird app is good for listening for stuff in the background noise.

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the journey is the destination... 🙄 🤣

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Its a jittery and bouncy journey, I wonder if I have to go Mayan on them and put some honey on the branch to get them stuck for a while. Except I won't be harvesting their feathers for a fancy outfit.

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