While it wasn't possible to verify the exact height of the new statue, there was no doubt that "Christ the King," as the golden-crowned Polish statue is called, cut an imposing sight as it was finally completed. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Goldcrests—the smallest European bird similar to golden-crowned kinglets in North America—which share the northern forests with woodcocks and likewise need to get out in winter, were once thought too tiny to manage flight for any distance and certainly not able to survive a crossing of the North Sea. ❋ TIM DEE (2009)
Other birds include the lesser goldfinch and golden-crowned sparrow. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Regulus satrapa by Dave Rintoul — golden-crowned kinglet, male, captured at a winter bird-banding site near Ft. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Regulus satrapa – golden-crowned kinglet, male, captured at a winter bird-banding site near Ft. ❋ Unknown (2009)
At upper elevations in extensions of boreal forest, red-breasted nuthatches, black-throated green warblers, golden-crowned warblers, golden-crowned kinglets, and northern juncos forage in red spruce and Fraser fir trees. ❋ Unknown (2009)
One of these species is the golden-crowned flying-fox (Acerodon jubatus). ❋ Unknown (2008)
For example, mature northern hardwood stands in New England commonly contain softwoods – usually red spruce, eastern hemlock, or white pine – and as a result they also contain bird species associated with coniferous forests, such as red-breasted nuthatches (Sitta canadensis), golden-crowned kinglets (Regulus satrapa), and northern parula warblers (Parula americana). ❋ Unknown (2008)
Paul naturally knew all the birdcalls, but said his favorite was the sad little song of the golden-crowned sparrow that sounds like the first three notes of “Three Blind Mice” whistled in a minor key. ❋ John Gierach (2008)
Montane Mindanao is also home to the endangered Greater Mindanao shrew (Crocidura grandis) and the widespread (within the Philippines) but endangered golden-crowned fruit bat (Acerodon jubatus). ❋ Unknown (2007)
Greater Mindoro is home to the critically endangered Illin hairy-tailed cloud rat (Crateromys paulus), the endangered Mindoro shrew (Crocidura mindorus), and the more widespread (within the Philippines) but endangered golden-crowned fruit bat (Acerodon jubatus). ❋ Unknown (2007)
The three notes sounded from a nearby branch, and Kate looked up to catch the cocky eye of a golden-crowned sparrow. ❋ Stabenow, Dana (2004)
There were birds from the mighty bald eagle to the tiny golden-crowned sparrow, and every winged and web-footed thing in between. ❋ Stabenow, Dana (2002)
“The golden-crowned is practically domesticated,” she argues. ❋ Jo-Ann Mapson (2001)
Field researchers have found two new species of lemur: one, called the golden bamboo lemur, has beautiful golden eyebrows, orange cheeks and a rich reddish-brown coat; the other has a shock of golden orange on the top of its head and has been named the golden-crowned sifaka. ❋ Adams, Douglas, 1952- (1990)
She watched a bright yellow-breasted meadowlark trill gloriously from an open perch, then take to wing and continue its song in flight A pair of golden-crowned sparrows, warbling their woeful tune of descending pitch, flitted among the blackberry canes at the border of the open field. ❋ Auel, Jean M. (1980)
