This morning around 11 AM we saw a golden-crowned kinglet out in our spruce copse near the house. I'd seen a brown creeper yesterday, so at first when I saw the kinglet, because of its small size and quick movements, I thought it was the creeper, but of course it did not go up and down the trunk, but was instead flitting around in the spruce branches. Then it suddenly came out towards the end of the branch where I could clearly see its head with the black and white lines around the eyes and the golden crown. What a surprise!
The other beauty we saw earlier was a handsome male spruce grouse, black throat and distinctive feather patterns very clear.
The front page of the Clarion had a great photo of a raven silhouetted against the full moon.
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