Subject: Re: Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Date: Dec 13 11:04:14 1997
From: "Michael & Janka Hobbs" - mjct_hobbs at email.msn.com


On Thursday, I had a Ruby-crown flash me a dime-sized scarlet crown at
Marymoor Park. It was with some Golden-crowns. It seems to me that the
Golden-crowns are quite agressive, and the R.C. might have been responding
to that.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland WA
== MJCT_Hobbs at msn.com

-----Original Message-----
From: S. Downes <sdownes at u.washington.edu>
To: tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Friday, December 12, 1997 9:28 PM
Subject: Ruby-crowned Kinglet


>Tweets,
>This morning I had a pair of Ruby-crowned kinglets coming to the patio.
>Nothing unusual except for the fact that my deck is accross the fence from
>a dental office and there is only 3 pines trees (small <15 foot high)
>witin 100 yards of my patio. The really odd part however was the male
>Kinglet, chased the other kinglet and completely flared its crest. I'm not
>just talking about showing "red", but the entire top of the bird's head
>looked like it was on fire! I have never seen a male flare its crest so
>dramitically heading into winter. Have other people seen such display
>behavior in December?
>
>Scott Downes
>sdownes at u.washington.edu
>Seattle WA
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