They are so well behaved
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Britain’s smallest bird, the Goldcrest, weighs the same as a teaspoonful of sugar.
If everyone else flying around you was the size of a Cadillac Escalade, you’d be pissed, too.
Has anyone met a small bird that wasn’t made entirely of fight?
The Ruby-crowned Kinglet, the Goldcrest’s American cousin (both genus Regulus, both v small) is a sweet and curious angel. They are also very hyper and prone to teleporting. These babies will come up to human-watch. I’ve been birding, staring intently at some trees trying to figure out what bird is making all those noises (it’s ALWAYS a damn cardinal), then I’ll give up and turn around to see a RCK has been perched an arms-reach away watching me very intently. As soon as eye-contact is established, they teleport away.
Photos from this winter (~Jan 2018) / Posted July 28, 2018
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