ID confirmation/Aptos, CA Please.... (1 Viewer)

[catmadden]

The first I think is a Green Heron? Second 2 Buffleheads? And the third a Huttons Vireo?? Thank you for the help....

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

You're right on the first two. I think the third is a Ruby-crowned Kinglet because the bill is very thin.

 

[PrairieFalcon]

1st one is a Green Heron, 2nd photo are two buffleheads, 3rd photo is a Ruby crowned kinglet.

 

[BirdPhotography]

I agree with the following 1st Green Heron 2nd Bufflehead 3rd Ruby-crowned Kinglet.

 

[Microtus]

It's not just that the bill is thin. The base of the secondaries are dark, which is not the case in Hutton's Vireo.

 

[ayasuda]

Has anyone seen the Ruby Crowned Kinglet with the Ruby Crown. I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, but it seems to me that all the pictures I've seen don't have a red top.

 

[tyrannulet]

i have seen it a few times, but only rarely are you able to actually see it, unless you get it too display against a rival or for a mate

 

[birderbf]

Has anyone seen the Ruby Crowned Kinglet with the Ruby Crown. I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, but it seems to me that all the pictures I've seen don't have a red top.

I've seen it a few times. Here's one with the entire crown flared: http://sausalcreek.org/sausal/rains_birds/birds/kinglet.jpg

 

[Storm-Petrel]

yup, as everyone said before, GRHE, bufflehead and RCKI

 

[craig whitmore]

Has anyone seen the Ruby Crowned Kinglet with the Ruby Crown. I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, but it seems to me that all the pictures I've seen don't have a red top.

I had one hanging out at my suet feeder all winter. This is not a statistical analysis, but I'd guess about 10% of the time the crown would be visible, usually when the little guy was wet.

Craig