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Golden-crowned Kinglet


Golden-crowned Kinglet
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Copyright: Mario Belanger (EOSF1) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1381 W: 126 N: 5246] (23469)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-10-16
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400 F4-5.6 L IS USM, ISO 400, B+W 77 010 UV-Haze 1 x
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/125 seconds
Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Where They Really Live [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-11-13 14:30
Viewed: 643
Points: 26
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [French]
I know it's not a great shot but I like it anyway because that little bird (very little) a female Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa, 10 cm) was so difficult to follow in those trees and plants that it made me sweat a lot! I took half a dozen of it and this one is the best. Small is beautiful! :-) Taken in Parc de la Pointe-aux-Prairies in Montreal

From: www.birds.cornell.edu

A tiny, continuously active bird, the Golden-crowned Kinglet is most frequently found in coniferous woods. Despite being barely larger than a hummingbird, the kinglet winters northward to Canada and Alaska.

Description

Tiny bird.
Dull, olive-green on back.
Whitish below.
Wingbars.
Black stripe through eyes, white eyebrow.
Crown yellow, orange centered in male (often hidden), bordered in black.
Short tail.
In constant motion, continually flicking its wings.

Size: 8-11 cm (3-4 in)
Wingspan: 14-18 cm (6-7 in)
Weight: 4-8 g (0.14-0.28 ounces)
Sex Differences
Sexes similar, but male with orange center to yellow crown (often hidden).

Sound
Song a series of rising thin, high-pitched notes, followed by a lower musical warble. Call a short series (usually three) of very high notes, "tsee, tsee, tsee."


Conservation Status

Common. Declining in West, increasing in East.

Other Names
Le Roitelet à couronne dorée (French)
Reyezuelo de Oro, Reyezuelo Mo�idorado, Reyezuelo de Coronilla Dorada, Reyezuelo Coronadorada (Spanish)


Cool Facts


Formerly breeding almost exclusively in the remote, boreal spruce-fir forests of North America, the diminutive Golden-crowned Kinglet has been expanding its breeding range southward into spruce plantings in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.


The Golden-crowned Kinglet usually raises two large broods of young, despite the short nesting season of the northern boreal forest.


The female Golden-crowned Kinglet feeds her large brood only on the first day after they leave the nest. She then starts laying the second set of eggs while the male takes care of the first brood. Despite having eight or nine young to feed, the male manages to feed them, himself, and occasionally the incubating female too.


Each of the Golden-crowned Kinglet's nostrils are covered by a single, tiny feather.
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  • Silke Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 727 W: 98 N: 1694] (5406)
  • [2007-11-13 14:40]

Hello my upstairs neighbour in the TN gallery today :D
Superb capture! I love the delicate details in the bird and teh colours are wonderful. so it's the the PERFECT shot -- it has cahracter and realism. I like it
TFs
silke

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  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2264 W: 10 N: 2633] (15577)
  • [2007-11-13 14:59]

Hola Mario,
bonito pose y captura,
original pajaro...
buenos detalles,
saludos

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  • eev Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 67 W: 34 N: 65] (744)
  • [2007-11-13 16:37]

Very well seen Mario..The composition is excellent and the harmony in the subject and background colors very well received. Nice one.

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  • bobair Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 398 W: 118 N: 1438] (5180)
  • [2007-11-13 18:07]

Hi Mario,
great shot or not it is a joy to see this tiny bird just the same.The Kinglet and warblers are difficult to get good shots at the best of times and this looks like it was taken on an overcast day making it even more difficult.To the best of my knowledge these birds are the second tiniest after humming birds found here in Canada.Nice colour and details with maybe a too dark look overall it was well worth having a look and thank you for sharing this tiny bird. Bob

Moi je la trouve superbe cette photo, la composition et les couleurs sont magnifique.
Bravo
Marie

Hi Mario.
Maybe you think it is not so great, but I certainly like it.
I tried one of these today without any luck such as yours.The surroundings are nicely seen. Sure that one branch is a bit in way, but these move fast and it is nice you even had this time.The yellows really stand out well.

Your little kinglet looks excellent and I like the inclusion of the habitat. You managed good detail and exposure on him. The image has a nice feel to it.

TFS
Evelynn ; )

Bonjour Mario,

Très belle composition. J'aime beaucoup les couleurs.
La seule fois où j'ai vu un roitelet, il était mort et c'était sur l'ile de Ré en France. C'est très joli comme petit oiseau.
Mariki

Bonjour Mario,

Une belle image du Roitelet à couronne dorée, la photo a une bonne composition, netteté et de jolies couleurs. Bonne journée.

Pierre

I almost could not see the bird in the thumbnail. But upon opening there it was. You have more of its environment in this shot. I put it in my really lives theme because of the inclusion of all the fauna where it spends it days...
Bob

salut Mario

tu nous écris que ce n'est pas une grande image
et pourtant s'en ai une, je ne suis pas l'expert
dans la photographie de petit oiseau
mais je pense que le fait que ce petit oiseau
soit tout petit dans l'image, sa nous rapporte
une autre dimension à l'image en montrant
l'environnement autour de l'oiseau

moi je trouve que c'est une superbe photo

TFS

Asbed

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  • tiklod Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 290 W: 74 N: 875] (3397)
  • [2007-11-15 17:38]

Salut Mario,
Pour avoir réussi à prendre ce petit roitelet ça vaut un gros BRAVO... J'ai bien essayé d'en appercevoir... mais en vaint!
Belle netteté malgré l'endroit! Cet oiseau est véritablement bien coloré!
Bravo et merci!

Claude

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2007-11-15 19:53]

Hello Mario

A wonderful capture of this very cute little bird.
The plumage detail is superb,and the feathers are well defined with excellent colouration.
I really like how you composed it in a natural environment.I haven't seen this bird that often on TN.
Great Job

Rob

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  • Ena Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 368 W: 61 N: 591] (2458)
  • [2007-11-28 5:00]

Hi Mario!
Nice shot of a Regulus!Nice natural colors. Good composition
Regards
Ena

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