Kinglets are our smallest birds, apart from hummingbirds. Golden-crowned Kinglets average about 3.5 inches in length which makes them slightly smaller than Ruby-crowned Kinglets.

We had several today at Thomson Park.

Other birds:

Some botany:

Two views of Highland Creek:

Today’s group:

NATURE POETRY

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run. – John Keats

Miles Hearn