Ruby-crowned Kinglet.

[Catmendo]

Much more cooperative than the Redstart!

[Birdsong]

These are so-o-o-o sweet. And there is nothing sweeter than a ruby-crowned. The light makes them wonderful.

[panthrcat]

nice nice!!!

[Borealhunter]

The photo is not a Ruby-crowned Kinglet but instead its a Orange-crowned Warbler. Nice photo.

Mike Hendrickson

[Catmendo]

The photo is not a Ruby-crowned Kinglet but instead its a Orange-crowned Warbler. Nice photo.

Mike Hendrickson

You may be correct Mike and if so I stand corrected. There's a lot of similarities bewteen them including their phyical size and also foraging habits.

[Raider4ever]

The photo is not a Ruby-crowned Kinglet but instead its a Orange-crowned Warbler. Nice photo.

Mike Hendrickson

Dang Hoagie,

Why don't you just shatter their hopes and dreams while you're at it?

Might as well call out their Mamas too.

Rooms '82

[ShawnZ]

Raider4ever, your post is confusing to me, are you joking around or are you disappointed that Mike H. is helping to make an accurate identification of the bird?

[Raider4ever]

Raider4ever, your post is confusing to me, are you joking around or are you disappointed that Mike H. is helping to make an accurate identification of the bird?

ShawnZ,

Ya got me, yes I am dissapointed Mike is going out of his way to do what he does better than anyone I know, ID birds. Either that or....Mike and I go back to elem. school. We played against each other in high school. We were roomates at MN-Crookston, we were best men at each other's weddings. We are both from the same 'hood and I just found out he is registered on this site so I was just giving him a shout-out by "doggin' him". The game has gone on between us since time began.

[Steve Foss]

Stu, I agree with Mike on the ID, not that he needs backup from me. He is the pro on bird ID.

That final image in the first series in particular is excellent, with the live protein ready to be swallowed, and the taut pose in the image you added later is excellent. Nice light as well.

If you saw a kinglet next to an orange-crowned warbler, you'd defininitely notice a size difference, with the kinglet being smaller. I also seem to recall the r-c kinglet has an eye ring that appears more broad than the o-c warbler.

[Borealhunter]

Big V ( raider for ever )!!!

Shawn:

Raider is one of closest friends I have ( including you Shawn!! ) We go WAYYYYYYYY back and I basically laughed my butt off when I read his post!!

V give me a call on my cell phone so we can can get caught up. My email is [email protected]

Mike

[panthrcat]

thanks fellas for straightening that out,, I was afraid to post,, thinking that it was gonna blow up at any moment!! so your old buddies? how cool is that?

[Steve Foss]

thanks fellas for straightening that out,, I was afraid to post,, thinking that it was gonna blow up at any moment!!

There's no blowup here, baybee. This board is all about helping folks, not ripping folks.

[panthrcat]

Originally Posted By: panthrcat

thanks fellas for straightening that out,, I was afraid to post,, thinking that it was gonna blow up at any moment!!

There's no blowup here, baybee. This board is all about helping folks, not ripping folks.

I sort of suspected as much,, I've been around for a little bit,, and haven't seen any of that before,, that's why I just laid low till I got the whole story as I have said before, this forum is amazing!

[Catmendo]

I totaly appreciated Mike coming to the plate with the correct ID!!!

Although I have spent much of my life in the great outdoors, I certainly do not profess to an expert when it comes to bird ID.