Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa Lichtenstein       Field Guide IDs: NG-338; G-252; PE-216; PW-pl 49; AE-pl 458; AW-pl 509; AM(Ill)-36 Nest Location Nest Type Eggs & Mating System Dev. & Parental Care Primary & 2ndary Diet.. Foraging Strategy F I: 14-15 DAYS ALTRICIAL 4 feet - 60 feet F 8-9 (5-11) MONOG F: 14-19 DAYS MF TREE SAP FRUIT HOVER & GLEAN HAWKS BREEDING: Open coniferous forest. 2 broods. DISPLAYS: Courtship feeding. Cop on or near nest. NEST: Near trunk, usu hung from branches; open at top with oblong cavity, of moss, lichen, spider web, plant down, dead leaves, lined with fine materials. Built in ca. 5 days. EGGS: Creamy white to muddy cream, variably spotted with browns, usu wreathed. 0.5" (14 mm). DIET: Includes spiders; some fruit, seeds. Young fed only insects, reject spiders. Also gleans from bark. CONSERVATION: Winters s to Guatemala. Blue List 1980-81, Special Concern 1982, Local Concern 1986; numbers in most regions appear to have recovered from earlier decline. Rare cowbird host. NOTES: Adults very tame at nest. Eggs are crowded into two layers in nest. Male occ feeds incubating female. Second clutch often as large as first. Flicks wings when moving amongst foliage. Winters in mixed-species flocks with chickadees, Brown Creepers, small woodpeckers. STANFORD. NOTES: ESSAYS: Blue List; Mixed-Species Flocking; Variation in Clutch Sizes; Courtship Feeding; Incubation: Heating Eggs. REFERENCES: Galati and Galati, 1985.