Ruby afternoon
10/09/08 07:30

Columbia Falls has a nice Park down along the river which is a good place to photograph birds, particularly if you're short on time, like I was yesterday. Boy Wonder and I went down there and found some ruby crowned kinglets, a small frustrating bird because they always seem to be one branch too far away or just barely hidden in the brush. The male flares its ruby crown in the spring when mating season begins. These birds have a long and tremendously beautiful song, but like most birds, they don't sing in the fall.