Claim to fame: Hummingbirds may have the reputation of being Missouri’s smallest bird, but ruby-crowned kinglets have the distinction of being Missouri’s “other” tiny bird. Ruby-crowned kinglets ...

On June 27, 1833, legendary frontier ornithologist John James Audubon was deep in the wilds of Labrador. He and his party were seeking new birds in this poorly known region of northeastern Canada.

From Florida to Texas to Arizona and north to Alaska, there is one tiny bird that never fails to delight us. Most recently, we have been seeing them along the Big Springs Nature Trail in Island Park ...

Consider a bird that’s often overlooked: the ruby-crowned kinglet. They are small and plain, and they hardly even sing while visiting us in winter. But that doesn’t make them any less interesting. It ...

Are Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglets Related? Summer residents of boreal and temperate montane forests, the ruby-crowned kinglet and golden-crowned kinglet share many similarities in behavior ...

Delightful ruby-crowned kinglets are migrating from far northern latitudes to spend the winter in our backyards and local parks. Aptly named for its tuft of ruby-red head feathers, the bird is among ...

As more and more of the national and international news seems to be increasingly depressing and alarming, I imagine that many of you, like myself, might be looking for solace wherever you can find it.

A birding friend once told me that trying to photograph a ruby-crowned kinglet was like trying to capture an image of popcorn while it’s popping. I was confirming that warning while madly moving about ...