Ruby says she does not dream

She says she's seen it all before.

Simple Minds || Someone

Ruby Star Sunset by Daniel Arrhakis (2018)

Flowers of our Grapefruit tree 'Ruby Star' variety. The Innocence of nature beauty ...

Ruby Throated Hummingbird Patuxent Research Refuge North Tract

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

(Corthylio calendula)

from 'Barred Life: Backyard Birdwatching Project' (2018-2022)

Whidbey Island, Washington

No dia das mães acordei tarde e eu ainda tinha q fazer meus assado, tomar banho, secar o cabelinho novo!, pintar as unhas e correr pra mamis!!!

ENtão pintei super rapidinho!!!! dá pra ver q o anelar e o mindinho estão manchadinhos :( mas td bem, pq o Ruby é lindo! e nem dá pra ver direito...não ao vivo!

Mas posso falar? e acho q ainda vou ouvir...não gostei do pincel! prontofalei!!! não sei se foi pq pintei mto rapido, achei o esmalte meio grosso, e ele é achatadinho mas super retão!!! não sei como são os da OPI, mas a experiencia q tenho com pinceis achatadinhos é só os da Sally Hansen, aquele rosa lindo da minha galeria, até tirei foto mas minhas fotos passam de 200 e vão ficando 'invisiveis' na galeria, conforme vou acrescentando vai sumindo!!!

E aí q o pincel do InstaDri da SH é achatinho, as pontas são arredondadas e um pouco mais fico, mais macio...não sei se consegui explicar, mas o da Hits é tão grandão, grosseiro, q é quase inpossivel pintar as unhas sem sujar td em volta...entederão?! ;)

Bom de qq forma a cor é linda! passei uma unica camada! e como sempre usei o roxinho da Ideal!

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.

She was a very "active" little kitten, I am surprised I could even capture this (!) What is most interesting about this photo is she has no freckles on her nose...later in life she would acquire freckles on her nose (something I never knew could happen!).

Here she is at 13 years old with all her freckles!

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Trying some off-camera flash to see if I can reduce shutter speed and ISO. I haven't got the flash settings down just yet but I was pleased with the flash freezing the subject. With my settings, the image would have been almost black otherwise.

Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Ruby-throated hummingbird

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Ruby Beach is the northernmost of the southern beaches in the coastal section of Olympic National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. It is located on Highway 101, in Jefferson County, 27 miles (43 km) south of the town of Forks.

A female ruby-throated hummingbird in flight

Ruby Beach, WA

Looking toward Ruby's on the pier at Huntington Beach. A seagull flew through the frame at the right moment :)

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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.

Woburn, MA

Nikon D500, Sigma 150-600mm Sports lens, 850mm, f/9, 1/2000, ISO 5600, Sigma TC-1401.

Ruby-throated hummingbird

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Hi everyone ,) I was happy to see this little one visit my garden this year =) I've had some health issues keeping me away but I will return one day soon I hope (,

I've missed you all dearly & ty so much for your visits & your prayers mean much ~♥~

Hugs & Kisses ~♥~

There was well over a dozen Ruby-crowned Kinglets singing their heads off and likely twice that amount in Fishtrap Creek Park.

Ruby-throated hummingbird protecting its turf

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Ruby is 16 years old, she belongs to a friend. I think she is a Cairn Terrier.

12th February 2020 Stafford

A female Ruby-throated Hummingbird rests on a branch during golden hour. I love how you can see the sunset reflected in her eye!

Ruby throated Hummingbird

Ruby Throated Hummingbird feeding on Lion's Paw (Klip Daga) plant - Green Spring Gardens Park

Ruby Throated Hummingbird on a salvia plant

I got a few shots of this ruby-crowned kinglet yesterday, including some facing me, but they didn't show the ruby part; since I haven't seen many shots with the red, I decided to use this one that shows the crown, even if it isn't the best pose!

Famous for the reddish sand that occasionally gathers and large, rock islands known as sea stacks, Ruby Beach is one of the most well-known and highly anticipated beaches to visit along the Olympic coastline. Ruby Beach is the northernmost of the southern beaches in the coastal section of Olympic National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. It is located on Highway 101, in Jefferson County, 27 miles south of the town of Forks.

This little bird had snagged a small fly for breakfast. I had hoped to find more Warblers this morning but I saw a lone Yellow-rumped. Soon.

Archilochus colubris

Backyard

Ruby is my Bisou Ai UU and Cindy is my Bisou Ai ShuShu from Custom House. Ruby is a small girl full of energy and Cindy is a little bit shy! Ruby loves to play around with her Sis Cindy. They're best friends!! Ruby and Cindy are wearing La Boutique de Lupi,Simply Kir hat and ixtee boots.

Photographed in the backyard area in Memphis, Tennessee.

Member of Nature’s Spirit

Good Stewards of Nature

Ruby Beach is the northernmost of the southern beaches in the coastal section of Olympic National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. It is located on Highway 101, in Jefferson County, 27 miles (43 km) south of the town of Forks.

New arrival. This hummingbird preferred the red feeder. I have two feeders out; both with sugar/water mixture. Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Morgan County, Alabama - 2017

Ruby-throated hummingbird

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Got really excited when I saw this today. Only ever seen one before, at Lackford Lakes, Suffolk they are 1cm long. This one was just down the road from where i live so now i shall be forever looking out for them.

Ruby-Tailed Wasps are found in most parts of Britain. Ruby-Tailed Wasps are metallic-coloured insects. Their beautiful shiny red, blue, green and bronze colours glitter in the sunshine and their appearance is stunning when seen in close-up. Chrysis ignita is the commonest of several very similar species of Ruby-Tailed Wasps

Female Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Boothbay Harbor, Maine

In order to get enough DOF to cover the whole bird, I dropped the focal length to 100 mm, set the ISO to 800 to keep the noise under control, and set the shutter speed to 1/400.

I would have liked to go to F8 with the aperture, but the sacrifices that would have had to been made with ISO and shutter speed kept me at F6.3 (even with my cheating the exposure a full stop)!

For this capture I placed the camera on a tripod, manually focused the camera on the feeding port of the feeder, and sat in a lawn chair with a remote trigger waiting for “customers”.

There is simplicity in nature's beauty,

but capturing it can be a complicated process!

It looks to me like a young female. Taken in New Jersey, 2015.

This image was taken in Canada this year and turned into one of the several favorites from that trip, many thanks to Corey Hayes who organized the tour for me and two other photographers, we all had a blast!

Many thanks for your comments, faves, and follows :)

Juan Carlos  

Who is ready for a treasure hunt? I always feel like I'm treasure hunting when looking into tidepools like this one at Ruby Beach in Olympic National Park.

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Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge

I may have mis-identified this bird, but the slashes on the wing and a slight touch of ruby on its crown point to the Kinglet. It should be more olivey-coloured in the body, but that could be the deep shade in which I took the photo.

Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Bles Park

Ruby-throated hummingbird

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Spotted this one foraging in the flowers. Usually they flit so fast they are hard to photograph, not that this one was easy.

Regulus calendula

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.