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Even tinier than the Ruby-crowned Kinglet with a bold eye stripe and more gray-green, the Golden-crowned Kinglet is a bird of the conifers. They tend to be in small groups in the company of Brown Creepers, chickadees and other woodland birds.
They have dark wings with two black patches beneath the second wingbar. The only real difference between the male and the female is the color of the crown, should it be flared. The female will show a yellow crown and the male sports red-orange in the center of his crown.
They can be found is a wide array of habitats, with the favorite being in the evergreens. However, other possibilities are along tree-lined streams, in orchards, parks, lowland deciduous woodlands, as well as within the Ponderosa pine forest.
Their food includes tiny insects, spiders, sap, eggs under leaves, and they will take fruit occasionally. Golden-crowned Kinglet
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Another very energetic songbird like the Ruby-crowned Kinglet, this diminutive sprite is a Boreal Forest breeder, which usually manages two large broods (lays 8-9 eggs, sometimes as many as 11) per season, and has expanded its range to spruce-fir forests of the northern US. Another bird expected to change its breeding habitat, to more northern regions due to climate change, this Boreal breeder usually stays high in the canopy, even in winter. The species can handle -40 degree temperatures.
Each of the kinglet's nostrils are covered by a single feather. Know the song, as it is difficult to observe with its constant movement, but it will respond to a pish. However, never pish in the dead of winter, as this can cause a bird's well-being to suffer with the cold.
Kinglet is synonymous with crest. The Golden- and Ruby-crowned Kinglets will sometimes hybridize.
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