{"id":59914,"date":"2019-09-01T05:47:17","date_gmt":"2019-09-01T11:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=59914"},"modified":"2025-06-06T06:33:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T11:33:59","slug":"ruby-crowned-kinglets-challenging-subjects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/09\/01\/ruby-crowned-kinglets-challenging-subjects\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruby-crowned Kinglets – Challenging Subjects"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ruby-crownedRuby-crowned Kinglet peering out of a hawthorn \u2013 Nikon D500, f9, 1\/1000, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I should be seeing more Ruby-crowned Kinglets soon up in the mountains and as they move towards lower elevations. I’ve only spotted a few of them over the summer but I haven’t spent as much time in the forests of higher mountains this summer as I would have liked to. I photographed this little kinglet last September in the Wasatch Mountains<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Ruby-crownedRuby-crowned Kinglet in golden morning light \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/640, ISO 800, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

A few days later I photographed this kinglet showing a little bit of his crown down at lower elevations near the Great Salt Lake in early morning light.<\/p>\n

These tiny birds can be hard to spot and harder still to point out to other people.\u00a0 Ruby-crowned Kinglets always seem to be on the move and blend into their habitat well which makes them challenging subjects to photograph.\u00a0 I love the challenge of photographing small birds though.<\/p>\n

It is supposed to be 101\u00b0F here today in the Salt Lake City area, I should be as smart as our birds in the mountains and stay up there until it cools down. I’m ready for cooler temps.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to see more of my Ruby-crowned Kinglet photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ruby-crowned Kinglets always seem to be on the move and blend into their habitat well which makes them challenging subjects to photograph.\u00a0 I love the challenge of photographing small birds though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":147851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,1148,4594,6137,26,773],"tags":[7627,6139,7298,5080,4098,5370,6767,7624,6566,6153,6146,4099,7626,6768,7297,6138,7628,4957],"class_list":["post-59914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-morgan-county","category-ruby-crowned-kinglets","category-utah","category-wasatch-mountains","tag-challenging","tag-corthylio-calendula","tag-crataegus-rivularis","tag-crown","tag-desert","tag-forest","tag-fragrant-sumac","tag-golden","tag-hawthorn","tag-kinglet","tag-kinglets","tag-morning-light","tag-peering","tag-rhus-aromatica","tag-river-hawthorn","tag-ruby-crowned-kinglet","tag-subjects","tag-tiny"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t