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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: jnish on October 29, 2017, 05:26:11 PM

Title: Golden-Crowned Kinglets
Post by: jnish on October 29, 2017, 05:26:11 PM
So I am confident that the first two are female Golden-Crowned Kinglets.  Are the 3rd and 4th female Ruby-Crowned Kinglets? Or are they a juvenile Golden-Crowned? All were flitting around together today--mostly too rapidly to photograph!  Many thanks in advance!

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4493/26246358539_7e64b870d9.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/FZirZ6)IMG_3918_1_1 (https://flic.kr/p/FZirZ6) by Jane Nishikawa (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138568556@N08/), on Flickr

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4492/37968906036_a1c51d59ab.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ZRbyWY)IMG_3920_1_1 (https://flic.kr/p/ZRbyWY) by Jane Nishikawa (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138568556@N08/), on Flickr

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4451/26246348809_fe7fd13459.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/FZip6k)IMG_3914_1_1 (https://flic.kr/p/FZip6k) by Jane Nishikawa (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138568556@N08/), on Flickr

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4486/37968878816_57c2f45000.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ZRbqRE)IMG_3915_1_1 (https://flic.kr/p/ZRbqRE) by Jane Nishikawa (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138568556@N08/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Golden-Crowned Kinglets
Post by: lovemypt on October 29, 2017, 08:22:47 PM
Yes....1 & 2 are  Golden-Crowned Kinglets and 3rd and 4th  Ruby-Crowned Kinglets.  The sex of each is pretty hard this time of year as orange colour in Golden -crown and red in Ruby's  are not obvious this time of year, perhaps if birds were fighting and had head feathers rised you might see some colouring