Accounts of birds, mammals, amphibians, and plant catalogue, v4551
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Mayhew 1947 Mar. 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1. Strawberry Canyon, U.C. campus, Alameda Co., Calif. About 9:15 A.M. one solitary individual was seen feeding in a small conifer. 2 white patches in the wings were easily seen. The bird moved about continually, and just as continually opened & shut its wings. at 10:15 a solitary individual was found feeding in the outer branches of a live oak. It moved continually within the leafy parts of branches. The wings are constantly in motion. at 1:45 P.M. two individuals were feeding in separate parts of a single oak. There was a nervous, constant fluttering of wings and a continual moving about in search of food. The feeding took place mostly within 10 feet of the ground.