It might not feel like the first day of spring today, but a look at this little ruby-crowned kinglet will warm your heart It’s a male “singing for a lady,” said Portsmouth photographer Christine ...

On June 27, 1833, legendary frontier ornithologist John James Audubon was deep in the wilds of Labrador. He and his party were seeking new birds in this poorly known region of northeastern Canada.

Few birds bespeak winter bird-watching in Houston like the ruby-crowned kinglet. The tiny, plump and hyperactive bird flits among trees and bushes everywhere. The kinglet migrates here for the winter, ...

There is a Christmas song that begins with these lyrics, “I’ll be home for Christmas. You can count on me,” and though we usually associate this sentimental song with the homecoming of our beloved ...

Claim to fame: Hummingbirds may have the reputation of being Missouri’s smallest bird, but ruby-crowned kinglets have the distinction of being Missouri’s “other” tiny bird. Ruby-crowned kinglets ...

It is about this time of year that I start getting inquiries about an unfamiliar little bird appearing at area feeders. The description is of a very small, greenish bird that is usually attracted to ...

For the first time in a decade, the trees and bushes of my neighborhood have apparently contained enough of a buffet to entice a particularly minute and ravenous visitor to stay all winter: the ...

A birding friend once told me that trying to photograph a ruby-crowned kinglet was like trying to capture an image of popcorn while it’s popping. I was confirming that warning while madly moving about ...