There is a Christmas song that begins with these lyrics, “I’ll be home for Christmas. You can count on me,” and though we usually associate this sentimental song with the homecoming of our beloved ...

Two of my favorite winter birds are also the tiniest — golden-crowned kinglets and ruby-crowned kinglets. At an average weight of six grams each, they’re among our smallest songbirds, significantly ...

The golden-crowned kinglet is not really a common bird here, but nor is it a rare one. The Game and Fish Department’s checklist of North Dakota birds calls it “fairly common.” That is accurate, I ...

Ruby-crowned kinglets act like anything but royalty. They hide their crimson crowns for the most part and keep to themselves at night. One of Oklahoma's smallest birds, the ruby-crowned kinglet makes ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. At last tiny ruby-crowned kinglets fill area forests with their powerful songs, confirming the ...

At first glance Golden-crowned Kinglets resemble chickadees, with their gray bodies and black head stripes, but look closer for pale wing bars on the kinglet. The best identifying feature is flashes ...