Ruby-crowned Kinglet on the Tuolumne River Parkway Trail

Ruby-crowned Kinglets (Regulus calendula) are common enough birds no doubt, but for this amateur birder, they are pretty rare. I depend on pictures for the identification of the small birds that flit rapidly through the underbrush, and the Kinglet rarely stays still enough for sharp pictures. Today, one of them cooperated with me for a few moments. I was on my customary exploration of the Tuolumne River Parkway Trail and caught a few shots. It helped that a lot of the leaves in the shrubbery have fallen.