Hey cool Phil! My husband and I were on Whidbey Island a couple of weeks
ago when I saw my very first Ruby-Crowned Kinglet in a mess of wild roses on
a bluff. At first I thought it was a sparrow with a bright rose hip for
lunch but there was something wrong with that picture for me. The movement
was wrong. Took a closer look. The place was nearly infested with them, that
is a lot of red on such a tiny crown! The exact beach is recorded in my
journal which is in the car.



Deb of Ray & Deb Fame

Robe Valley in Washington

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From: Scrubjay323 at aol.com

Date: 01/17/06 16:37:16

To: tweeters at u.washington.edu

Subject: [Tweeters] Ruby-Crowned Kinglets



Tweets,



Just saw a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET outside the window when another RUBY-CROWNED
with a flashing crown chased the first one off, or at least chased it.
Looks like they are starting to get territorial early. Boy, I don't know how
they get that much red on such a small head!







Phil Kelley

Lacey, WA

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360-459-1499



" We were few and they were many. Now we are many and they are few"

Confucius