On Jan 11, 2011, at 6:19 PM, Kelsey Byers wrote:

> Amusingly, while walking past the wolf exhibit today I saw two golden-crowned kinglets acting just like juncos on the path. Not two feet from me - and very calm! Unusual behavior for those little guys.

I've noticed this a lot over December and into January too.

I don't recall having seen them ground feeding like that before by GC Kinglets. Black-capped Chickadees too do the same thing. I do wonder what they're feeding on though. It can't be hidden larvae. Can it?

The other oddity is having to look twice at tree trunks when the "brown creepers" turn out to be GC Kinglets, Black-capped Chickadees or Bewick's Wrens.

I suspect this is just an observational issue on my part: it's Winter and I wasn't paying attention before.
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