Day 47, The big song
17/June/2009
The ruby crowned kinglet is one of the smallest birds in North America, smaller than some species of hummingbirds. But its song is huge, a multi-noted melody that it belts from the trees and bushes in Glacier National Park. You can find these birds everywhere from forests to brushy marshes. Photographing them is a challenge. The idea is to get the bird in song and at least show its ruby crown, which it normally keeps flat. Here, the crown is raised at least a little.