Ruby Throated Hummingbirds
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(Archilochus colubris) We don't get hummingbirds in the UK so any sighting is, for me, a great experience!
A couple of summer posts for weekend seem especially warranted by the strong winds, blowing snow and bleakness of our second day in December.
Nikon D500, Sigma 60-600mm Sports lens, 600mm, f/8, 1/1000, ISO 800. Juvenile male and a bug. View Large.
It is such a pleasure to see hummingbirds zooming, chasing and performing other aerobatics in your yard.
The ruby-throated hummingbird is a species of hummingbird that generally spends the winter in Central America, Mexico, and Florida, and migrates to Canada and other parts of 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. Wikipedia
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Early spring arrival to Southern Ontario. These are restless, acrobatic birds that move quickly through foliage, typically at lower and middle levels. They flick their wings almost constantly as they go. This makes them very difficult to photograph. (Cornell Lab)
The Ruby-crowned Kinglet is a tiny bird that lays a very large clutch of eggs—there can be up to 12 in a single nest. Although the eggs themselves weigh only about a fiftieth of an ounce, an entire clutch can weigh as much as the female herself.
Ruby-crowned Kinglets seem nervous as they flit through the foliage, flicking their wings nearly constantly. Keeping an eye out for this habit can be a useful aid to identifying kinglets.
Metabolic studies on Ruby-crowned Kinglets suggest that these tiny birds use only about 10 calories (technically, kilocalories) per day.
The oldest known Ruby-crowned Kinglet was a female, and at least 8 years, 8 months old, when she was recaptured and rereleased during banding operations in Texas in 2017. She was banded in the same state in 2008.
Tilden Botanic Garden, Berkeley, CA
I was at the Botanic Garden with my wife, who was doing an extended bird survey of the Garden with three of her fellow docents. It was a pleasant spring morning weather. This handsome male was preening himself extensively on a branch by the pond, displaying the largest ruby crown that any of us had ever seen (not quite captured in this picture). He was also vocalizing and calling actively now and then.
Spotted this migrating Ruby-crowned Kinglet along the Grindstone Marsh Trail during an October hike in the Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington, Ontario.
(Regulus calendula)
Black and Bloom Salvia perennials proved to be strong hummingbird plants. I hope that they will attract clearwing moths and butterfiles too next year.
I love these little sweeties with their lovely delicate singing. Never remaining still definitely makes them not easy to photograph.
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Saw this Ruby-crowned kinglet in with a flock of bushtits in a bush next to me. The first I've seen one of these beauties in quite some time!
While exploring Washington State back roads, I came across this abandoned silver mine known as the Old Ruby (Pyrargyrite) Mine. Along with the mill there are several other buildings on the property, maintenance shop, blacksmith shop and forge, office, bunkhouse and powder magazine. The mill is empty now, and so is the powder magazine.
They have a highly audible song for such a small bird. It took several minutes before I could locate him as he sang a few phrases from one place, and then started again in another location. Luckily for me, he flew down to an open perch very close where he sang and raised his crown.
It was a bright overcast backlight situation. I was close enough to get detail though, and I really like the way those red crown feathers were lighted from behind.
If you have never heard its song, Check the link below.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ruby-crowned_Kinglet/sounds
Beaumaris Lake. Edmonton, Alberta.
I spotted this ruby crowned kinglet flitting around in a bush. It kept moving until it took a good look at me, then moved away into the woods.
Ruby is an adult orangutan at the Rio Grande Zoo in Albuquerque, NM, USA. Ruby is the most curious of the group that lives there when it comes to humans. She will often sit and watch the zoo visitors go by for long periods of time without getting annoyed in the least, even when some adult shouts to their child, "Hey, look at the monkeys!' She is truly a great, great ape'. Texture in BG replaced the bland original. Thanks for looking.
The Ruby-crowned Kinglet is a tiny bird that lays a very large clutch of eggs—there can be up to 12 in a single nest. Although the eggs themselves weigh only about a fiftieth of an ounce, an entire clutch can weigh as much as the female herself.
Ruby-crowned Kinglets seem nervous as they flit through the foliage, flicking their wings nearly constantly. Keeping an eye out for this habit can be a useful aid to identifying kinglets.
Metabolic studies on Ruby-crowned Kinglets suggest that these tiny birds use only about 10 calories (technically, kilocalories) per day.
The oldest known Ruby-crowned Kinglet was a female, and at least 8 years, 8 months old, when she was recaptured and rereleased during banding operations in Texas in 2017. She was banded in the same state in 2008.
It’s about this time that I start getting a little antsy waiting for Spring migration to kick off, so rather than posting endless ducks, for one week I’ll jump back to last year and highlight some of my fav photos that I edited much later in the year. Spring usually means a flurry of activity and I much prefer to be outside birding and photographing than inside editing, even in harsh conditions as I equally enjoy both aspects of the hobby. So kicking it off here is a nice Ruby Crowned Kinglet that posed briefly in some shrubbery.