Golden-crowned Kinglet at AE Wilson Park

I was lucky — or perhaps not, given the quality of the photograph — to catch a picture of a Golden-crowned Kinglet in the underbrush at Regina's A.E. Wilson Park this month. It was with a group of other small birds, but so much smaller. It was also flitting quickly, in deep shade...

Golden-crowned Kinglet.
(I hope my luck with this species improves!)  © SB

What is this? A Golden-crowned Kinglet (Roitelet à couronne dorée)
Location: A.E. Wilson Park, Regina, SK
Photo date: Nov. 6, 2016 

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Golden-crowned Kinglet - blog visitor from Banff

Several weeks ago, when we were visiting Banff, I saw a Golden-crowned Kinglet flitting through the tops of several nearby trees. Perhaps this Kinglet doesn't belong on this blog, as my subject is distant, as I was from the Prairies...

Male Golden-crowned Kinglet
with crown feathers raised. © SB

Golden-crowned Kinglet © SB

But Golden-crowned Kinglets migrate through southern Saskatchewan on their way to breeding grounds in our province's boreal forests, and so, to remind myself of this tiny (extremely tiny) songbird, and in hopes of seeing another at a closer range, here are two shots of my first Golden-crowned Kinglet.


What is this? A Golden-crowned Kinglet — Roitelet à couronne dorée
Location: Cave and Basin, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
Photo dates: April 13, 2016.

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