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Thursday, September 8, 2016

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

From U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Midwest Region:




Ruby-crowned kinglets may be tiny but mothers lay up to a dozen eggs. A single egg weighs a mere 50th of an ounce, but the full dozen weighs as much as mom!

Photo: Ruby-crowned kinglet courtesy of Mick Thompson/Creative Commons.https://flic.kr/p/ru2NCV

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