Golden Crowned Kinglet..Perpetual Motion.

Saw a couple of these near my place this weekend...but always behind some clumps of twigs. I like the second shot best here.

Good work Gary. Unless you've photographed little birds like this, you wont know how truly difficult it really is. You did good. Keep up the good work.

Pete

You've done a great job of capturing these. I love the first shot.

Beautiful captures Gary real gems. I came across a couple of these birds yesterday but they would not come out of the bushes for a decent photo opp.

Amazing series of shots. I had my first encounter with a couple on saturday and after seeing your shots I definately will not be posting mine. Very impressive considering how fast and unpredictable theese little guys are.

Wow those are really cute. #2 gets my vote...something about the expression?
Karen

Great shots! We had a couple hit the windows at work during migration, so I got to hold them (they survived and I moved them away from the building). Very small, not much larger than a hummingbird. I'd love to get shots as good as yours some day.

Nice... they are so fast huh!

Lovely series Gary.

Would have loved for us to see one of these fellows Saturday..

nice catch Gary of the nearly uncatchable. I was playing with their cousins today the ruby crowned. If you nail their feet to a branch you have a chance.
Sam

EdV wrote in post #3088633
You got that right. I was trying to photograph them Friday afternoon. There was a tree full and I got dizzy trying to get one in focus. I got off one shot and it turned out to be the back of the bird.

Anyway, very nice images Gary. Very well done. What is your secret to slowing that perpetual motion?

Thanks for looking and commenting........secr​et? You have the 400 F5.6 so thats at least half of it as it focuses very quickly. I use a monopod and or tripod, and i try and predict where the bird is going next....take lots of photos and keep the sun at your back, center focus point only and high shutter speeds..........at least 1/300 but preferably over 1/1000sec. Flash for fill at -1 helps in many instances.

Thanks and it is a shame how many birds get injured or worse especially during migration. They are tiny and yest they are only 1 CM longer than a Rubythroated Hummer. Keep shooting and you will get great shots

And a big thank you to everyone who looked and commented. Very much appreciated and I think I had best get back to work...

Absolutely fantastic, Gary! #1 is a framer. His crown really stands out well.
This little bugger never sits still and always high up in the tree, at least the ones i have seen. But that also makes a successful capture 100X sweeter.

They look to be the same family as the Goldcrests and Firecrests that we get over here, if they are anything like them then you did remarkably well to get such great photos.

Mark

Over here being the UK.

Thanks Fee

Thanks Mark..........This bird is in the same family as the Goldcrest ( Regulidae Family) This Goldcrown is called Regulus satrapa and the Goldcrest is called Regulus regulus. They do look alike. The Ruby Crowned Kinglet is part of this family (Regulas calendula) and the Firecrests are also part of the same family as well.

Outstanding shots of this beautiful bird Gary. Perfect pose and composition in them all. Brilliant work as always.