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I've never seen this before; a female Ruby-tailed wasp trying to chew through the mud seal in one of the completed nest holes in my garden bee-hotel. She spent a good time there, but didn't manage to break through into the brood chambers.
I'd been chasing this wasp (or a very similar one) all over the bee-hotel for quite a while. Anyone who's tried to photograph these will know just how active, and difficult to photograph they are. This one was so intent on her labours that she just ignored me and I got several dozen photographs.
Sadly, I didn't seen what had produced the host nest. There are Trypoxylon spider-hunting wasps nesting in the bee-hotel though and their nests are known to be parasitised by chrysidid wasps.
The annual Hummingbird Festival at Strawberry Plains Audubon Center begins Friday, September 8, and runs through Sunday, September 10. This is a festival featuring numerous speakers on a myriad of topics. Hummingbird banding is a huge treat for the visitors.
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I was probably 4-5 ft away from this guy when he landed, they're very comfortable with people being near them from what I've experienced. This image is just barely cropped to get rid of the flowers on the sides. Thanks for all the favorites, comments and follows!
This was a spring of plenty when it came to Ruby-crowned Kinglets. Most sites I visited there were several around and calling to let you know they were there.
Ruby Beach in Olympic National Park in Washington State. It was my first night and first time at this park back in March. And already tempting to go back. Hopefully soon!
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Photographed in the backyard setup.
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Catching the Northern Michigan afternoon sun on the last day of August, looks to be snoozing, but just caught a quick blink.
Ruby Beach is one of those beaches I seem to return to with every trip to the Olympic Peninsula. Some visits I'll wade across the stream and head north, other visits I'll walk the sands to the south. Or maybe I'll just sit on the strewn piles of driftwood that have been ever present here as long as I have been visiting this beach. This visit came on our last full day of my most recent Olympic trip and was almost an afterthought (forgive me Ruby). The main goal of the trip had been the Hoh, with side outings to explore some new spots. But if you have ever been to Ruby Beach, then you understand how hard a beach it is to resist. It was a lovely visit, with mostly cloudy skies, but on the return trek up to the parking lot some nice light peeked out for a couple of minutes and this bend in the trail was as good a spot to enjoy it as any.
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Kodak Ektar
Not often do these very active birds sit for portrait,but this guy waited for a uncontested crack at the suet block.
Ruby Falls is a 145 foot (44 m) high underground waterfall located within Lookout Mountain, near Chattanooga, Tennessee
A very small, hyper songbird. The sexes and juveniles are identical, except the males have the ruby crest, which is invisible most of the time. They show it only when excited. Winter residents in Oklahoma. These tiny birds raise large broods across Canada and Alaska. Conservation status is Least Concern. Our beautiful world, pass it on..
This is a bird I've been trying to photograph for a long time. They are so tiny and never still - I've seen them often enough but this is my first acceptable image. There were two of them flitting about this tree non-stop, feeding on tiny insects of some kind. It was raining, the light was flat and low, and the branches made for a focusing nightmare. I stood and tried for the entire ten minutes or so that they were there and this is the only usable frame I got.
His ruby crown is usually not visible and only seen when he gets excited enough to flare his head feathers. I got one blurry image where you can just make out a hint of red on his head.
Winter residents in the Oklahoma Cross Timbers. Stay fairly low to the ground providing some close shots. Problem is they are never still. Can be frustrating to photo. Our beautiful world, pass it on.
This ruby-throated hummingbird was working on getting nectar from this beautiful lantana plant.
Este colibrí garganta rubí trabajaba en obtener néctar de esta flor de lantana.
Wlodawa, Poland
Sunrise
A little ruby of a flare kicked up on this morning of sun shooting. :)
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet
(Corthylio calendula)
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Whidbey Island, Washington
Looking toward Ruby's on the pier at Huntington Beach. A seagull flew through the frame at the right moment :)
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I caught this hummer taking a nano-second rest on a branch... Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge,NJ. Thanks for looking!
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One of my fave Winter birds. Teeny and frenetic, difficult to photo. But rewarding when you catch that brilliant crest visible. Our beautiful world, pass it on.
Archilochus colubris
Hummel Nature Trail
Hummelstown, PA
Oh. Somehow forgot I took this one a while back, which is kind of surprising given what a big discovery this place was. No idea how I'd slept on it for so long.
In any case, up until I visited here, I've never seen a trail with as much jewelweed growing in the swamps, and by extension, as many ruby-throated hummingbirds darting around. My feed's kind of already bogged down with these things, though on this particular occasion, I got close enough to get its autograph, much less a picture.
We could really use more than one species up this way.