It was a delight to meet this teeny tiny Ruby-crowned Kinglet and his mate today. So much energy in the few minutes that I photographed them. Some minimal cropping for composition here...

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Male Ruby-crowned Kinglet perched in a Pussy Willow. This is the entire frame...no cropping.

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The tiny Ruby-crowned Kinglet is king wherever he goes....

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A Golden-crowned Kinglet pauses at fresh drill wells made by a pair of Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers in the area. It might have been looking for small insects drawn to the sap leaking from the wells ( there were some mosquito like bugs flying around) ...

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A Golden-crowned Kinglet pauses for a second on Rough Horsetail grass along the Ottawa River.

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