kinglet

Didn't quite get it focused on the kinglet, but I like this shot anyway. Tiny bird with its tinier prey.

Kinglets don't make it easy to get a good, flattering photo of them. Especially not while actively foraging between branches. This is the only properly focused photo I got of this one.

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)

Golden-crowned Kinglet. Roitelet couronne dore.

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula calendula)

tiny ball of fluff wouldn't keep still

little miss adorable

You may be wondering how I got so close to the bird. It bumped into a window and was partly stunned. It allowed me to walk right up to it!

Taken near the Sundial Bridge (Redding, CA, USA). Another new one for us. We were seeing these everywhere but they rarely sit still. As it was I had to rescue this one with Photoshop to even get a decent one to show!

I finally got one of these little guys to sit still long enough to get a pretty good portrait.

Just a glorious goldcrest!

Barley able to see this little traveler,suprisingly unafraid of my presence.

These guys are pretty hard to catch setting still, and I'm still trying to get a shot of one with that "Ruby Crown" shining. I have seen that ruby flash many times, but never when I was pointing a camera at one : )

Kinglet foraging.

Surely not my best photograph, but probably my best effort because these guys WILL NOT sit still. This little fellow eluded my lens for 2 seasons and from time to time, I would get a glimpse of that little flash of red on top of his head while looking for other birds, and for the longest time...

back yard winter time visitor...

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula calendula) Three subspecies are recognized with only the nominate being mapped for Texas. Sexes similar. Photographed at Camelot Park, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Riparian; hackberry/elm dominated woodland adjacent to a creek at ca. 91 m (300 ft)...

http://www.tomcharlesphotography.co.uk/birdgallery With thanks to Adam (Jaff) for spotting this little gem :t:

After many, many fuzzy photos, I finally got a good, crisp, up-close shot of this very active and tiny bird; but it was worth all the effort!

Ruby Crowned Kinglet looking for bugs under leaves

Well this is a fun bird to photograph! I think it over did it with the caffeine that day. I almost focus on the little bugger and Puff it's gone. Makes you half crazy. Of course ... we are birders and photographers.