Golden-crowned Kinglets at Thomson Park: Oct 24, 2022

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.

Golden-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet

Other birds:

Dark-eyed Junco (male)
American Goldfinch
Northern Cardinal (male)
Cooper’s Hawk

Some botany:

Norway Maple (Acer platanoides)
Great Burdock (Arctium lappa)
Cat-tail (Typha)
Ohio Buckeye (Aesculus glabra)
Butter-and-eggs (Linaria vulgaris)
Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)
Manitoba Maple (Acer negundo)
Red Raspberry (Rubus strigosus)
Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
Wild-cucumber (Echinocystis lobata)
Dog-strangling Vine (Vincetoxicum rossicum)
Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens grandulifera)
Red Ash (Fraxinus pensylvanica)
Basswood (Tilia americana)
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
Heart-leaved Aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium)

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

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