Pic(k) of the Week: Morning bird in winter forsythia

And smale foweles maken melodye

A peripatetic ruby-crowned kinglet (Corthylio calendula) momentarily stops to sing in a forsythia bush, its red crown shining in winter morning light.

This species of small kinglets typically inhabits northern North America. This male was spotted much further south (in DeKalb County, Georgia, USA), probably preparing for its imminent journey back north.

26 February 2025.

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Ralph Vaughan-Williams: The Lark Ascending

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• Album: Vaughan Williams / Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields / Neville Marriner (Argo: 1972)
  Musicians:
  • Iona Brown – violin
  • Sir Neville Marriner – conductor
  • Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields – chamber orchestra
  
  
• Pic(k) of the Week: one in a weekly series of images posted on Saturdays.
• Photo 13 of 52, for year 2025. See a larger, hi-res version on Flickr: here.
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• Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
• Lens: Lumix G Vario 100-300/F4.0-5.6
• Settings: 286 mm; 1/320 sec; ISO 400; ƒ/5.6


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