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| Ellen ageing a RCKI |
It was a fairly slow morning at the station, but were all pleased that diversity remained high. Our last bird of the day was a gorgeous Ruby-crowned Kinglet. They are the smallest species in the songbird family and weigh about 6 grams. Alaska is also lucky enough to host the largest songbird, the Common Raven, that can weight up to about 4 pounds! We've never captured a Common Raven at the station; they're too large to be captured by our mist nets, and they're also known to be quite intelligent and may be clever enough to avoid our nets.
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