#tiny borb

[pinbudo]

My new Kirby height headcanon

[everydayesterday]

A Ruby-Crowned Kinglet turning around to show off its ruby crown.  

photos by me.  2022-11-17 Nashville, TN (Radnor Lake State Park)  

[Image ID: Two photographs by @everydayesterday of a small Ruby-Crowned Kinglet on a tree trunk.  The second photo shows the bird’s trademark red patch of feathers.  End ID]

[jazzeria]

A Ruby-crowned Kinglet!  Oak Hammock Marsh, early May 2021.  

He would not keep still long enough for me to take a photo.  Thankfully I at least captured his bright red crownlet!  

This was my first time seeing this bird, and oh boy, I was absolutely squeaking and vibrating with excitement!  We stalked him for several minutes trying to get a shot.  

I can’t get over the term “kinglet”.  What are the babies called?  Are they “princelets” or “kingletlets”?  “Kinglings?”  

[thorcat]

I found this little man at the train station with no nest anywhere. He was overheated, so i took him with me, gentle cooled him down with a wet towel and placed him in a box. He also got some meal worms and cooked egg. Now he chirping my head off and i am making a call to the ornithological station to turn him in tomorrow. The little guy should grow up proper ;w;