Golden Crowned Kinglet

I do not generally go out.to photograph a.particular bird. On a trip to.a.bird place.like.Cape.May I set myself to photograph whatever will sit still long enough to get the camera on it. I come back with a lot of Yellow-rumped Warblers because.that is what is there,and.I am happy with that. That does not mean that I do not hope for more. In fact with every new Yellow-rump the hope creeps up on me. This trip it was: Yes, but a kinglet in good light would be nice. 🙂

There weren’t many kinglets this year compared to some. Sometimes, in Cape May, they are dripping from bushes and littering lawns. Not this year. I had only seen a very few Ruby-crowned until yesterday when I walked up on a group of Golden-crowned avidly working around the base of some saplings way out behind the Hawk Watch at the State Park. I photographed them on the ground in the shadows, but again I was really hoping to catch one in a tree in good light. They just would not perch long enough. Until, of course, one.did 🙂

Such a blessing! Hope rewarded. And of course I walked on full of gratitude. I mean, really, a Golden-crowned Kinglet perched just below eye-level in the late afternoon sun. It does not get any better than that.

I made a point of telling the next 6 birders I met that the kinglets were there. Share the blessing! And I am doing it again right here. Happy Sunday.