Archilochus colubris

Saturday summer shot

With Black and Bloom Salvia

Tilden Botanic Garden, Berkeley, CA

Albany Bulb, Albany, CA

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Long Island, New York

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.

Ruby throated Hummingbird immature male.

On Explore

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)

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Nikon D500, Sigma 60-600mm Sports lens, 600mm, f/8, 1/1000, ISO 800. Juvenile male and a bug. View Large.

Spotted this migrating Ruby-crowned Kinglet along the Grindstone Marsh Trail during an October hike in the Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington, Ontario.

(Regulus calendula)

Minocqua, Wisconsin

Stick Pond

St John's NL

I love these little sweeties with their lovely delicate singing. Never remaining still definitely makes them not easy to photograph.

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Jewel Lake, Tilden Nature Area, Berkeley, CA

Nikon Z 9, 800mm S PF, 1/500, f/6.3, ISO 1100. View Large.

Nikon Z 9, Sigma 60-600mm Sports lens, 600mm, f/6.3, 1/500, ISO 250. Male. View Large.

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.

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 am finally posting a hummingbird photo from my garden. Having software issues with my new computer, so hopefully this turns out as I have never used it before.

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Backyard

One of this years birds on a Butterfly Bush flower in my garden.

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Play-time !

Great Swamp NWR, NJ

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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.

Nikon Z 9, Sigma 60-600mm Sports lens, 600mm, f/6.3, 1/1250, ISO 360. Young male. View Large.

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Every year we get to see a few of these Eastern hummingbirds in West Texas.

Nikon D500, Sigma 60-600mm Sports lens, 600mm, f/6.3, 1/320, ISO 3200. View Large.

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

Ruby-crowned Kinglet at Barber Park, Boise, Idaho

Ruby-throated hummingbird sipping on salvia

A Ruby-crowned Kinglet at the Idaho Botanical Gardens, Boise, Idaho

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