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BIRD LIFE IN WASHINGTON 
RUBY CROWNED KINGLET 
Ruby Crowned Kinglet is olive green in 
color and his white wing bars, white cir¬ 
cle around the eye and bright red crown 
patch, make identification easy. His wife 
and nestlings have no crown patch. 
He is very friendly and will come al- 
c/ 
most to your hand to curiously inspect 
you. 
He chatters pleasantly while hunting 
over the twigs for food. He holds himself 
perpendicularly in air with a humming 
bird like movement of the wings. 
He places his nest high in the ever¬ 
greens and it is very seldom found. 
RUBY CROWNED 
Photo by Dawson and Bowles 
IvINGLET BASKETFUL 
