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 ...

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, ...

(WLUK) -- Birds chirping is just one of the many sounds of spring! Jason Petrella with Barkhausen Waterfowl Preserve spent some time this week to share more on the Ruby-Crowned Kinglet. Petrella ...

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.

It wasn't the temperature dipping that made me realize winter was coming, but instead, a bantam bird called a ruby-crowned kinglet in a bush outside my study window. I perked up at the sight of the ...

Delightful ruby-crowned kinglets are migrating from far northern latitudes to spend the winter in our backyards and local parks. Aptly named for its tuft of ruby-red head feathers, the bird is among ...

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 ...

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 ...