Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglets are one of our smallest birds, measuring only 4.25
inches and weighing about one-quarter of an ounce. For their size, they
lay one of the largest clutches of eggs of any North American songbird,
averaging nearly 8 eggs per clutch, with as many as 12 eggs recorded in
a single nest.Ruby-crowned Kinglets typically build their nests close
to the trunk high in a conifer. The nests are suspended from twigs below
a sheltering and concealing horizontal branch. Often deeper than they
are wide, with constricted openings, they conceal the brooding adult so
that only the tip of her tail can be seen.In the eastern part of the range, the highest population densities occur in the black spruce bogs and muskegs of Canada, whereas in the West, spruce-fir, lodgepole pine, and Douglas fir forests are used. The breeding range encompasses most of Canada and Alaska, extending south in the east to Maine, northern New England, and the Adirondacks; in the West, the breeding range extends south throughout the Rocky Mountains and mountain ranges of California.
» Very small, active bird that often flicks its wings
» Thin bill
» Broken eye ring
» Olive upper parts
» Pale olive under parts
» White wing bars
» Male has red patch in center of crown (not always visible)
» Habitat Prefers coniferous forests on breeding grounds. Common in deciduous woods and thickets during winter months in the south.
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