Small bird

[Debbie]

Hi can you help to ID this tiny bird? I think it is a female ruby-crowned kinglet. Photographed her today around 10am in  Northern Cal. We were at Lake Almanor in the mountains colder climate. She hopped around very fast. Thank you.

[Jerry Friedman]

The first bird is a Yellow-rumped Warbler.  The one in the second and third pictures--I've been wrong about these before, but that really has to be a Ruby-crowned Kinglet.  Nice shots!

Edited November 4, 2018 by Jerry Friedman

[Bird Brain]

12 minutes ago, Jerry Friedman said:

The first bird is a Yellow-rumped Warbler.  The one in the second and third pictures--I've been wrong about these before, but that really has to be a Ruby-crowned Kinglet.  Nice shots!

I agree.

[Charlie Spencer]

Yeah, in the second photo (first one of the Kinglet) you can just see the slit on the top of the head where the red feathers are concealed, and maybe even a smidge of red.

Great photos, by the way.  The third one lets you clearly see the bird in it lacks the yellow 'wing pits' and throat of the warbler in the first photo.

[Sean C]

1: YRWA

2-3: RCKI

[The Bird Nuts]

If the Ruby-crowned Kinglet has red feathers on its head, which I think it does, that means it's a male.