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Female ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) visiting giant ironweed (Vernonia gigantea) flowers.

Last light at Ruby Bay, looking out to Elie Ness, with the Bass Rock and East Lothian in the distance.

I met Ruby today while I was sitting at a table in a park, drawing. Yes, the weather was that nice! Ruby and I became instant friends. She is a golden-doodle, age two, and just recently spayed. I understand she's been a good patient!

Take Aim "In the Pink" challenge. Yep, Ruby is recovering well!

52 Pictures in 2021 "Selective Color".

121 in 2021 "Black and White"

Ruby Beach, Washington

Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA.

Here's a little better shot of Ruby Beach. As you can tell, the fog had rolled in, but by this point, it was starting to burn off, thankfully! Hope you enjoy!

 

Ruby Beach, Washington

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Ruby-throated hummingbird

 

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Lake Kegonsa state park, Wisconsin, 2019

A female Ruby-Throated Hummingbird gathering nectar from a Glory Bower flower.

A female Ruby-Throated Hummingbird nectaring at a flower.

Last year I spent a good amount of time shooting the most common Florida hummingbird, the Ruby-throated. All I saw were females, which while beautiful, lack the bright iridescent throat that gives the species its name. When I read up on them, I learned that most of them in South Florida are migratory, the males arriving and departing first. Several friends let me know that they had males at their homes well after the males must have left the area where I was shooting. I’ve recently spent many hours attempting to get the shot I had in mind, a male Ruby-throated with its ruby gorget lit up by the sun. Let me tell you, it’s not easy. I managed to get several that I thought were good, but not what I had in mind. Yesterday, I finally got one that fit my mental picture of what I was after. I’m not done and have some other poses and backgrounds I’m after and will hopefully get before they migrate out in the spring. (Or I get invited to someone’s house where they stay year long. Hint, hint.) (Archilochus colubris) (Sony a9iii, 400mm lens with 1.4 extender for 560mm, f/4, 1/6400 second, ISO 6400)

Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Corthylio calendula

Joshua Tree National Park, California

Female Ruby-Throated Hummingbird perched on a Mango stem.

The Ruby Princess cruise ship docked at the Sydney Cove Overseas Passenger Terminal in Sydney, Australia.

 

A notification on my phone this morning reminded me that it was a year to the day since I travelled out to Australia for a three week trip. Time for another look back through my photo catalogue to find some of the images from that trip that I didn't post to flickr at the time.

Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are such adorable little birds!

It was so much fun to watch this little female taking a bath from a sprinkler! If you look close, you can see a few water droplets from her feathers.☺️

Photo taken on Hilton Head Island, SC, USA

  

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Backyard birds. Springfield, Mo.

There out the window

Visiting every flower

Looking for nectar

Well, plastic rubies, anyway, encrusting the inner rim of this small Victorian style picture frame.

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I spent a good bit of time photographing Ruby-throated Hummingbirds a couple of days ago, before the rains shut everything down. In all that time I did not see one male, which is the only sex that sports the ruby neck. That said, this female is quite lovely and I’m sure has many suitors. (Archilochus colubris) (Sony a1, 400mm, f/2.8, 1/2000 second, ISO 6400)

From last week-- I thought I'd mix in some other pics with the fall landscapes and water shots. They are still around in our yard, off and on. I think this pic really gives a feel for their flightiness-- they are always moving. Glendale, Missouri

Tidnish Crossroads,

Cumberland County,

Nova Scotia.

May 25, 2025

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Tidnish, Nova Scotia

August 6, 2020

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