Ruby Throated Hummingbirds
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Nikon D500, Sigma 60-600mm Sports lens, 600mm, f/8, 1/1000, ISO 800. Juvenile male and a bug. View Large.
Nikon Z 9, 800mm S PF, 1/500, f/8, ISO 6400. Feeding two chicks, nest is about 2 inches wide (5 cm). View Large.
As seen around our garden for a week.
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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)
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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A shot from last day in September. Mostly all of them migrated South. It is going to be a long wait to see them in Spring again.
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.
This is Ruby. One of the pair I have been following for some time now. Ruby is a bit cautious around this time, probably pregnant.
Image shot as it is on Nikon series E 1:4 F=70-210mm
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March 2021
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.
In my backyard
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I just spotted another RTHU, so they are still here. We're getting lots of bird activity this morning, along with drizzly weather. Winter birds should be arriving soon- I've seen reports of both juncos and White-throated sparrows in the area. The seasons are changing! Glendale, Missouri
This one was feeding between the raised beds and gave me a clean background. Very nice of it. 😉
Kent County, Michigan
Female hummingbird enjoying some Turk's Cap flowers while spending a few days in my area on its Fall Migration South. Richmond, Texas (Archilochus colubris)
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.
A female...or possibly a juvenile of either gender. Even after reading up a bit it still seems unclear to me. I spotted it this morning on a bush in a neighbor's garden while I was eating breakfast on the porch. It was nice enough to hang around while I ran inside to get my camera. I managed to get a few shots while my dog hopped on the table and finished my breakfast.