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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.
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Another shot from the fantastic night along Ruby Beach in Washingtons Olympic Peninsula. Minimal processing on this shot, it is all natures glory here folks.
Ruby-crowned kinglet, Regulus calendula, in my back yard, Austin. A red crown is only visible when the bird is excited.
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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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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I spotted a couple of these in my walk around Mill Lake this morning. They have a very distinctive call.
It always helps to have good light and be close. I can get that with birds, but seldom with bucks. I was only five meters away from this kinglet. Our beautiful world, pass it on.
There are several species of Ruby-tailed wasps in the UK, and ignita (above) is the one most frequently seen. The head and thorax are a dazzling greenish-blue, and the abdomen is a firey red. In bright sunlight the vivid metallic colours of their bodies appear very jewel-like.
Ruby-tailed wasps lay their eggs in the nests of other solitary bees and wasps. When they find a possible nest to lay their eggs they checkout the entrance to make sure no one is home. If they are unlucky and the owner is home they are well equipped to defend themselves with tough body cuticle to protect them from stings. Also the underside of their abdomen is concave which enables them to curl up into a ball.
If no one is home, they check to see the nest is well stocked with food, and then they reverse in and lay their eggs. When the eggs hatch, the emerging larvae eat the host bee or wasp larvae. For this reason they are sometimes called 'Cuckoo Wasps'. They remain in the nest until they are fully developed and then emerge the following spring as adult wasps.
Ruby Falls is a 145 foot (44 m) high underground waterfall located within Lookout Mountain, near Chattanooga, Tennessee
And remember, never let those ruby slippers off your feet for a moment, or you will be at the mercy of the Wicked Witch of the West.
Yesterday was a scorcher, we went for a long drive, listening to music, ended up in Mission, decided to brave the heat and went for an explore, geez, thought I was going to melt, anyways got some good photos, and Miss Baker is easily seen from their main drag, I might share some later, but I don't want to bore my viewers with my obsession :) I was wearing my polarizing sunglasses and all the colours were popping and our car was glowing, she was red hot :)
listening to Rainbow's "Street of Dreams"
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A little ruby of a flare kicked up on this morning of sun shooting. :)
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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.
…..The vocalizations of ruby-throated hummingbirds are rapid, squeaky chirps, which are used primarily for threats…😎😎
Ruby-tailed Wasp or cuckoo wasp waiting for the opportunity to predate a solitary bee nest by sitting adjacent to hole the bee is using.
Looking toward Ruby's on the pier at Huntington Beach. A seagull flew through the frame at the right moment :)
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