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The Golden-crowned Kinglet—a tiny, frantic bird with a flaming crest and a very high-pitched song that dwells in coniferous forests—is nowhere to be found.

Thus, for species that announce themselves at the highest and lowest frequencies—including the Golden-crowned Kinglet and Ruffed Grouse, respectively—Zygmont needs to find birds that are not only on the route but close enough to the road that everyone can hear them.

The first one I logged was a rose-breasted grosbeak; number 50 was a golden-crowned kinglet.

A day after we spoke, in fact, Parkins sent along a photo of a dead golden-crowned kinglet that she’d watched collide with a window near Central Park.

The tree is a black cherry, and the bird, Tallamy tells me, is a golden-crowned kinglet.