Saw a female gold crest yesterday flitting amongst the garden oak trees. Looked to your video to identify its sex (by the call) so thank you for posting!
Hi V Gil! it's great to get feedback and especially rewarding to think that folks in other parts of the world have taken the time to watch my videos. Thanks for your interest You are spot on with the ID in that they are all members of the same Kinglet family. Your ( I'm assuming that you are based in the US) Golden Crowned Kinglet is so close to our Firecrest - the much rarer cousin of the Goldcrest - it could be the same bird! Although we don't have an equivalent to the Ruby Crowned Kinglet the morphology clearly makes them cousins.
thank you for this great clip, very informative about G's behaviour. HOwever, the title is somewhat misleading as only a few seconds are dedicated to the G's call, and in fact none of the footage shows it calling. Towards the end of the cli there are I believe other bird noises that have nothing to do with the G.
Chris I've played this back from the beginning and the bird's call is played throughout the whole video including all the still images at the beginning. As I said it is a very high pitched call and some people are unable to hear it, it's not 'the emperor's new clothes' honestly, it really is there! Unlike the Blackbird, Song Thrush, Chaffinch etc which do tend to sit still and sing the Goldcrest sings on the move and is calling as it moves through the foliage.The last call is a Cetti's Warbler but as this was part of the background I din't edit it out.
Cheers B.B. I think you're going to be O.K. I've got a few years on you and I don't have a problem. I've been with some peeps a bit older than me listening to a Grasshopper Warbler and I could hear it from a couple of hundred feet away but they had problems from 30 feet. I guess it's just luck whether you lose a little of your range.
I used to know a person, who was only about 20, who could hear the high-pitched calls of bats, which are normally said to be beyond the range of human hearing. She would say, "I can hear bats squeaking", and, sure enough, bats, which she couldn't have seen, would appear within a few seconds.
Sorry V Gil, I've just seen your question in comments that "I haven't responded to", six years is a very long time to wait! Yes they are the same family. Quite amazing the way these birds have spread even though their metabolism would prevent any kind of introduction by direct flight.
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Saw a female gold crest yesterday flitting amongst the garden oak trees. Looked to your video to identify its sex (by the call) so thank you for posting!
That’s great to hear. Thank you for commenting, I hope that you’re lucky enough to see more of these lovely little birds.
Hi V Gil!
it's great to get feedback and especially rewarding to think that folks in other parts of the world have taken the time to watch my videos. Thanks for your interest
You are spot on with the ID in that they are all members of the same Kinglet family. Your ( I'm assuming that you are based in the US) Golden Crowned Kinglet is so close to our Firecrest - the much rarer cousin of the Goldcrest - it could be the same bird!
Although we don't have an equivalent to the Ruby Crowned Kinglet the morphology clearly makes them cousins.
Lovely detailed shots and information.
+Annette Elliott-Dunn Thank you so much Annette, it's great to get such positive feedback, much appreciated!
Incredibly difficult to find so great job 👍
Thank you John, it was a challenge to keep up with it, they’re so restless!
Lovely little bird. I had no idea that it had to eat so much. Poor thing :(
Thanks for your comment, glad you found the information interesting!
thank you for this great clip, very informative about G's behaviour. HOwever, the title is somewhat misleading as only a few seconds are dedicated to the G's call, and in fact none of the footage shows it calling. Towards the end of the cli there are I believe other bird noises that have nothing to do with the G.
Chris I've played this back from the beginning and the bird's call is played throughout the whole video including all the still images at the beginning. As I said it is a very high pitched call and some people are unable to hear it, it's not 'the emperor's new clothes' honestly, it really is there! Unlike the Blackbird, Song Thrush, Chaffinch etc which do tend to sit still and sing the Goldcrest sings on the move and is calling as it moves through the foliage.The last call is a Cetti's Warbler but as this was part of the background I din't edit it out.
Informative video. My 46-year-old ears can hear its call, but I wonder for how much longer?!
Cheers B.B. I think you're going to be O.K. I've got a few years on you and I don't have a problem. I've been with some peeps a bit older than me listening to a Grasshopper Warbler and I could hear it from a couple of hundred feet away but they had problems from 30 feet. I guess it's just luck whether you lose a little of your range.
I used to know a person, who was only about 20, who could hear the high-pitched calls of bats, which are normally said to be beyond the range of human hearing. She would say, "I can hear bats squeaking", and, sure enough, bats, which she couldn't have seen, would appear within a few seconds.
BadgerBotherer1 Wow! interesting fact.
She's dead now, so it wasn't a very useful talent for her to have!
BadgerBotherer1 That's true B.B. but a sad story that she should die so young!
Cute (:
Carlene Boulden Thanks Carlene, they certainly are and so tricky to video it’s hard to keep them in the picture!
Are these little mites related to the Ruby Crowned Kinglet and The Golden Crowned Kinglet of the USA?
Sorry V Gil, I've just seen your question in comments that "I haven't responded to", six years is a very long time to wait! Yes they are the same family. Quite amazing the way these birds have spread even though their metabolism would prevent any kind of introduction by direct flight.