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I felt to sick to try going back out for the afternoon so Remy and I birded from the deck. We were both very excited to see our first Ruby-throated Hummingbird of the season!
The summer is coming to an end and pretty soon the hummingbirds will be leaving. I'm going to miss them. They have provided hours of entertainment for us again this summer.
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Looks like my first Hummer season is over most all the adults have moved on, only a few young one still here.
Although I ended up with a shutter speed even slower than yesterday, I did manage to get just a bit of the ruby throat.
Ruby throated hummingbird, catching the light just right the feathers on their heads shine with brilliant colors.
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Ruby-throated Hummingbirds have many skeletal and flight muscle adaptations which allow the bird great agility in flight. Muscles make up 25-30% of their body weight, and they have long, bladelike wings that, unlike the wings of other birds, connect to the body only from the shoulder joint. This adaptation allows the wing to rotate almost 180°, enabling the bird to fly not only forward but also straight up and down, sideways, and backwards, and to hover in front of flowers as it feeds on nectar and insects.
During hovering, ruby-throated hummingbird wings beat 55x/sec, 61x/sec when moving backwards, and at least 75x/sec when moving forward.
(Archilochus colubris) The only hummingbird that has a natural range in Vermont. These are my first in my lifetime hummingbird photos and wouldn't you know it? That hair is on the glass!!!