Saul Lake Bog Nature Preserve

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Date: November 3, 2021

Location: Masonville Cove - Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore City)

Curtis Bay

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NOTE: Masonville Cove is the nation's first Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership, home to a green building nature center and beautiful waterfront public trails.

This very small bird is a winter visitor to my feeders the last few years and is a delight to watch. Only the Ruby Throat Hummingbirds are smaller of the birds that visit my area.

I remember how excited I was the first time I saw the Ruby-crowned Kinglet in my bird bath earlier this year. It was so skittish and took me a long time before I got a photo. This little one has become so comfortable with the amenities in my yard, he/she has been willing to pose for some photos today. I am so happy to welcome a new regular to my yard. BUT, the other regular Cooper's Hawk came for a visit today, too. I don't think it got anything, but you know...

Another pretty winter day full of sunshine in Maryland today, and after getting the household chores done in the morning, took the Sony long lens to a local park in Baltimore County.

Was able to capture another new first for me ... while in the woods there were two of these little ones, about the size of chickadee. They were also always on the move, and not pausing for long.

Really liked this capture of the Ruby-crowned Kinglet ... the results on the Sony 7RM5 and the 600mm at about 25 feet or more away ... still came away with lots of details on this tiny feathered friend.

Photographing these guys can be exhausting but rewarding when you can catch one.

Richmond BC.

Wabasis Lake

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on the zinnias last year. It's cloudy today so I am going through the archives.

A male Ruby-throated hummingbird on approach to the Salvia flower, from which he will feed.

Here in the Mid-Atlantic States we really only have one hummingbird; the Ruby-throated. Occasionally, a vagrant Anna's Hummingbird will show up from the West, but this is generally a rare occurrence. Too bad we don't have a greater variety of hummers as they are some of the most beautiful birds on the planet. Guess I will have to make a trip to Costa Rica at some point with the sole purpose of photographing the great number of species down there. Please view large for best experience.

It is Monday and back to work. Have a Great Day ~!

Photographed in the backyard setup.

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Heuchera 'Ruby Bells'

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Female. I only saw the female Ruby-throated Hummingbird today. I purposely shot this a little slower today cause I wanted to try and get the wings to disappear from their motion, but still get a sharp head. This was at 1/1600 sec. I would usually shoot at least 1/3200 sec. Plus it was very dark where I photographed. Fortunately she appears in the sun briefly.

Montrose Point, Chicago, IL

Parker River NW Refuge

I believe this is an Ox-eye flower.

Wood Lake Nature Center

A Ruby-crowned Kinglet at the Beaver Pond in Kanata. Friday April 21 2023.

Ruby Crowned Kinglet. Scientific name: Regulus calendula

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Kinglets are tiny insectivores that actively forage for insect and spider eggs on the undersides of foliage. They weigh less than an ounce and are among the smallest of songbirds. They often hover in front of a branch, gleaning food from its tips and undersides. Kinglets often flick their wings as they move about.

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Ruby-throated hummingbird

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Canon R5

EF 600 F4 III +1.4x III

2000 ISO

Was very busy on a pine tree trunk but stopped just long enough for me to get a shot!

Heath Farm - Shropshire

Princeton, WV

Great Swamp, NJ

Long Island, NY

In the Central Oklahoma Cross Timbers, a ruby-crowned kinglet flitted among leafless oaks and redbuds, his olive-gray feathers blending with the winter drab. March’s first warmth stirred the air, signaling time to prepare for the northward trek.

All winter, he’d foraged tirelessly—tiny wings flitting incessantly as he gleaned spiders and dormant insects from bark, his slight frame belying fierce tenacity. The ruby crown, usually hidden, flared briefly when a chickadee darted too close, a flying jewel against the brown landscape.

He’d weathered ice storms, huddling in cedar boughs, and now his restless flight quickened. With a high, thin see-see-see, he tested the breeze, instincts pulling him toward Canada’s spruce forests. One dawn, as redbuds hinted at bloom, he gorged on leftover berries, fueling up for the 1,500-mile journey.

At dusk, he launched skyward, a speck against the fading light, navigating across the starlit Great Plains. Ahead lay breeding grounds, mates, and summer songs—a promise worth the perilous journey. Oklahoma faded below, and his winter refuge was now just a memory.

This little guy was in the middle of an epic kinglet battle when I interrupted and spooked off his enemy. his crown was still showing as he landed on this open perch and had just enough time to catch him before he took off.

Ruby-Crowned Kinglet 2/7/25 Backyard

A male Ruby-tailed Wasp. This is a composite of several images; combined using Zerene Stacker. Haven't seen many of these in the garden this year.

Ruby-tailed wasps are cuckoo wasps. The females lay their eggs in the nests of other solitary bee and wasp species.

Johnny Jones

fell fast asleep

Down a hole

where the rocks are steep

Ruby Beach, Washington

First shot of the season.

Coyote Hills Regional Park, Fremont, California

Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Male ( I think? )

Ruby-throated hummingbird

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Checking out nooks and crannies in a fence post! They move so fast, and rarely pause for long!

Lyth Hill - Shropshire

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Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park

Washington

This sunset was taken at Ruby Beach, part of a set of beaches that are within Olympic National Park. The rock outcroppings and sea stacks are unique to each area of the coast. By choosing different tides and times of years, opportunities for composition at these ocean sites are unlimited!

Ruby-throated hummingbirds, Rondeau provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, July 12, 2019.

Put out a oriole feeder and had 7 hummingbirds on it in minutes.

Then hung up the hummingbird feeder and had 5 more.

We have had as many as 30 in the yard at one time, but that's mid August.

Archilochus colubris

Ruby-throated Hummingbirds prefer to feed on red or orange flowers (though it's not necessary to color the sugar water you put in a hummingbird feeder). Like many birds, hummingbirds have good color vision and can see into the ultraviolet spectrum, which humans can’t see.