National Geographic news3y
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
This tiny, thin-billed, wing-flicking insectivore is grayish olive with a conspicuous broken white eye ring. Polytypic. Length 4.2". Common. Breeding: breeds in boreal spruce-fir forests ...
Woman & Home2y
Burmese Ruby Tiara—the touching reason the Queen had it made, and why there’s precisely 96 rubies
The Burmese Ruby Tiara was a personal commission made by Queen Elizabeth II, and she turned to the House of Garrard to execute her vision. The House of Garrard was the first-ever Crown Jeweller, ...
National Audubon Society1y
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
When it is truly excited (by a potential mate, rival, or predator), the male may erect his ruby-red crown feathers, hidden at other times. The song of the Ruby-crown is jumbled and loud, all out of ...