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Warblers and Kinglets were all over the place at the John Heinz NWR in Philadelphia today. I managed to get within 5 feet of this bird by simply standing very still next to an entanglement and small tree they were feeding in. These birds are about 3 inches long and rarely sit still even for a moment. Compounding matters was the fact that the light was poor at this location and ISO 3200 had to be used. I was fortunate to get this shot given the circumstances (and relatively low shutter speed). Note the small "ruby crown" atop the birds head. This will flare up like a red mohawk when the bird gets very excited, typically during mating season.
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Marianne Williams Park
Boise, Idaho
The Ruby-crowned Kinglet, one of North America's smallest songbirds, has a loud, complex song and, with up to 12 eggs, lays the largest clutch of any North American passerine for its size. Males and females are nearly identical in plumage -- olive green-gray on the upperparts with two strong white wing-bars and a broken, white eye-ring. The male has a scarlet crown patch, which is usually concealed unless agitated.
During migration and winter, the Ruby-crowned Kinglet occupies a variety of habitats and is often recognized by its constant wing-flicking. As a breeder, it inhabits spruce-fir forests of the northern and mountainous western United States and Canada. Its nest is hidden, often near the trunk and up to 30 meters above the ground, making reproductive data difficult to gather. Much remains to be learned about the breeding biology and behavior of this species.
I spent a considerable amount f time yesterday trying to capture this Ruby-crowned Kinglet as it flit amoung the trees and bushes with either a branch across it's face or deep in the shadows...finally, it came out in the open, oh so briefly, to capture a shot including it's brightly colored 'ruby-crown'!
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Sunrise at Ruby Beach along Washington's Olympic Coast. The only day on my trip that it didn't rain....
Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure 0.5
Aperture f/13.0
Focal Length 31 mm
ISO Speed 50
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One of the highlights of the whole trip was the afternoon spent at the hummingbird garden 'Lajedo dos Beija-flores'
These tiny but surprisingly feisty Hummingbirds were the star performers!
It was a pleasure to see this one return heading into the winter season. Photographed in the backyard setup in East Memphis.
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A tiny bird that overflows with energy, the Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) seems to forage almost frantically through lower branches of shrubs and trees. Its habit of constantly flicking its wings is a key identification clue. Outside of hummingbirds, Kinglets are the smallest of Northern American birds. This plain green-gray bird has a white eyering and a white bar on the wing. The male’s brilliant ruby crown patch usually stays hidden. Your best chance to see it is to find an excited male singing in spring or summer. The Ruby-crowned Kinglet 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. Metabolic studies on Ruby-crowned Kinglets suggest that these tiny birds use only about 10 calories per day. This male was photographed in my backyard in Garland, Texas.
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This tiny bird was flashing his crown, positioning himself directly in front of other kinglets. Sunlight made that patch of red feathers glow like a hot coal. It was breathtaking and made me laugh at the same time. Ruby crowned Kinglet South Coast Botanic Garden 3754
Like other hummingbirds, ruby-throated hummingbirds typically drink nectar while hovering in front of a flower. They typically make their nests out of soft plant material on the inside and camouflaging lichen, moss and tree bark on the outside; the nests are held together with spider webs. Many of these birds migrate long distances, sometimes flying nonstop to southern Mexico and throughout Central America.
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Ruby has a new issue online! #56 includes the work of max gomez canle, aron wiesenfeld, mayumi Otero, yevgen samborsky, julia kristina selin, sandy smith and kitty clark.
(image by Sandy Smith)
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Ruby tiene un nuevo número online! la edición#56 incluye el trabajo de max gomez canle, aron wiesenfeld, mayumi otero, yevgen samborsky, julia kristina selin, sandy smith y kitty clark.
(imagen por Sandy Smith)
Prompt: medium-full view shot, painting of a Ruby-throated Hummingbird perched on a branch. The background is a blurred, natural setting. The image captures a sense of freedom, highly detailed, high resolution, --ar 14:11 --profile 2wxm36j --v 6.1
digital fine art created using Midjourney AI v 6.1 and photoshop
A little male RCKI. Seeing a few of these wintering here. I wouldn't say they are abundant, but we can usually find a pair or two. Our beautiful world, pass it on.
Not the best shot or edit but the best I could do. Tried desperately to erase that naked branch, to no avail. This beauty has been coming to the over 25 Florida native Coral Bean blossoms in the front yard, which are behind a Dwarf Powder Puff potted plant of almost the same color, and under the spring blossoms of the Weeping Bottlebrush tree of almost the same color. A veritable Hummingbird haven! Hope I have a couple more shots that are better or better to edit.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird female in God's garden.
One immature male ruby throat and one female ruby throat hummingbird are the last two hanging out by the the flowers and feeders. This young male is showing his red feathers and by next Spring when he returns it will be all filled in. He is already aggressive in chasing off others including Cardinals and finches and bees. I shall miss them being around when he leaves in the next few days but will look forward to feeding the migrate birds from Canada and the northern states.
image by clara diaz
April 15th, 2011
Good news! Ruby Mag + german publishers Gestalten made a new book that will be launching next month! it has 240 pages and a selection of 65 artists that have participated in Ruby Mag throughout this past 5 years. Take a look at the upcoming book at gestalten's website: shop.gestalten.com/books/spring-2011/ruby.html
Also, check out the latest issue! RUby #53 includes clara diaz, ludovica gioscia, vanessa maltese, victoria rossi, aaron moran, josephin ritschel, megan diddie and roland lusk.
I put out a hanging flower pot in the back deck and today I quickly snapped these guys (one in the bottom could be a young male or female). Tomorrow I will try to take my time and ensure my exposure etc are set right, so I can avoid the grain (below) and darkness (above) ..
Thanks to my friend Janet (aka Dark Spinner) for her continous encouragements in my photography in general (also for those helpful hummingbird tips). I told you I'll have some hummingbird for you later.