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My little friend Jessie, she was looking at me while feeding herself...We were 1 foot (30-35 cms) away from each other
The ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) is a species of hummingbird that generally spends the winter in Central America, Mexico, and Florida, and migrates to Eastern North America for the summer to breed. It is by far the most common hummingbird seen east of the Mississippi River in North America.
This hummingbird is from 7 to 9 cm (2.8 to 3.5 in) long and has an 8 to 11 cm (3.1 to 4.3 in) wingspan. Weight can range from 2 to 6 g (0.071 to 0.212 oz), with males averaging 3.4 g (0.12 oz) against the slightly larger female which averages 3.8 g (0.13 oz).[2][3] Adults are metallic green above and greyish white below, with near-black wings. Their bill, at up to 2 cm (0.79 in), is long, straight, and very slender. As in all hummingbirds, the toes and feet of this species are quite small, with a middle toe of around 0.6 cm (0.24 in) and a tarsus of approximately 0.4 cm (0.16 in). The ruby-throated hummingbird can only shuffle if it wants to move along a branch, though it can scratch its head and neck with its feet
Kieth Hansen's Gallery, Bolinas, California.
11 August 2010.
Adult female.
This is the third record for this location, and the 12th record for California
Day two of our vacation to Vancouver Island. There was a beautiful female Rufus Hummingbird which regularly visited. I was able to get a few shots of her before she happily flew off.
Rufus Hummingbird, taken just out of Sooke, BC.
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