Date: 11/19/24 8:38 am From: Mary Anne Goldberg <mapmg2011...> Subject: Re: [MBBIRDS] Ruby-crowned kinglet?
Old typewriters! Thanks for that mnemonic, Carol.
And thanks to all who responded. I learn so much from you all.
Mary Anne
Royal Oaks
On Tue, Nov 19, 2024, 4:58 AM Carol Pecot <carol.pecot...> wrote:
> Hi Mary Anne,
>
> Although the beak size seems a bit larger than I would expect for a
> kinglet, the telling characteristic (according to “Identify Yourself”) is
> that there is a black patch behind the lower wing bar. Hutton’s does not
> have that. That is always what I look for if I am confused. Having
> lighter feet than the legs, tending towards yellowish, is also consistent,
> but that is not the case with the Hutton’s. After that, I listen for the
> old fashioned typewriter key chatter of the kinglet. I always know that
> Fall is here when I hear old typewriters in the forest. :-)
>
> Carol Pecot
> Below Summit
>
>
>
> On Nov 17, 2024, at 4:37 PM, Mary Anne Goldberg <mapmg2011...>
> wrote:
>
> Poor shot through the kitchen window. It's so difficult for me to tell the
> kinglet from the Pacific -slope flycatcher (recently renamed Western
> flycatcher, but the Merlin app doesn't show me either today) from the
> Hutton's vireo. The small bill and lack of visible crown make me think
> kinglet.
> Thanks for your responses,
> Mary Anne
> Royal Oaks
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