[Tweeters] kinglet question

[HAL MICHAEL]

We have both species in the area.  At our house, which goes from Budd Inlet up to about 100' elevation, has almost only Ruby-crowneds.  They come to our suet.  I should say, one or two come.  In 8 years here we recently had a Golden Crowned.  They are abundant up on the access road.  The road is next to Priest Point which is forested but it is mixed conifer and broadleaf.  Around our house there actually seem to be more conifers, but in small strips. We have both Chickadees but the Chestnut-backed are way more abundant recently.


Hal Michael
Board of Directors,Ecologists Without Borders (http://ecowb.org/)
Olympia WA
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> On 01/20/2024 2:09 PM PST Dennis Paulson <dennispaulson at comcast.net> wrote:

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>  

> Thanks, Stan. The people who are responding are confirming what seems to be a real difference in the two kinglet species. The Ruby-crowned does seem to be distinctive among the kinglets, and it has been put in its own genus.

> 

> Where we live in Maple Leaf is very much in Seattle, but there are plenty of trees in the neighborhood and in our yard, and better yet, we are a short way from the top of the ravine with Thornton Creek running through it, so lots of habitat as a source for birds that might not live in a more urban setting.

> 

> Dennis

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> > On Jan 20, 2024, at 12:48 PM, Stan Bezimienny <grzebiuszkaziemna at gmail.com> wrote:

> > 

> > Dennis,

> > 

> > A few miles North (Lake Forest Park) we have plenty of Golden-crowned Kinglets year round, coming to bird bath in 2s, 3s or even 4s at the time, but never feeding on suet. Ruby-crown are much less common (winter only), but I had one feeding on suet yesterday. 

> > 

> > Mature native conifers+densly planted ornamentals is probably more of a factor than geography, but maybe I am wrong on it, but  I am always amazed how different Dennis’s yard reports are from our situation.

> > 

> > Stan

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